Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Ritu Khanna is a multimillionaire heiress and the wife of Rohit a.k. Ro Khanna, the U.S Representative for California’s 17th district since 2017
- With a net worth estimated over $25 million, Ritu is the daughter of Monte Ahuja, an entrepreneur engineer and businessman.
- Ritu was also the product Marketing specialist at Bulgari in New York.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- On February 9, 1979, Ritu Ahuja was born in Northern Ohio.
- She grew up in Hunting Valley with her older sister Manisha Ahuja.
- Her father, Monte Ahuja, founded auto parts supplier company Transstar in 1975 now known as Transmaxx and retired in 2010, but is still the Chairman of Mura holdings.
- Ritu and her sister went to Hathaway Brown, an all girls private school in Cleveland, Ohio. They both donated $1 million to Hathaway for the repairs and upgrades of the auditorium and it is now called the Ahuja Auditorium. Both sisters are also on the board of trustees for Hathaway Brown.
Married Life and Kids :
- After moving to New York, Ritu met Rohit Khanna in 2007 they had an on and off again relationship for years. She teases and says ‘they broke up more than twice.’
- They went on several first dates over four years and had two long distance relationships.
- In 2014, Ro proposed and they were engaged for more than a year until they got married on August 29, 2015, at Severence Hall in her home state of Ohio.
- It was a traditional Indian Ceremony and after the wedding they moved to Fremont, California, as Ro’s Career as a U.S Representative had begun.
- They keep their finances separate and 95% of their assets belongs to Ritu, however, Ro is amongst the richest in Congress as they include spousal assets in their statistics.
- They have two children – daughter Zara Khanna (born in Dec 2018) and son Soren Khanna (born in July 2017).
- Ro and Ritu keep their family and personal life out of the media eye.
Education, Career and Net Worth :
- Ritu Ahuja did her undergraduate degree from 1997 -2001 in Accounting and Finance at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.
- In 2004, she completed her Master’s degree in Strategic Communication from Columbia University in New York.
- She interned as a Consultant for Arthur Andersen and was a Senior Management Analyst for six months at Bearing Point, after which she returned to her studies at Colombia University.
- Ritu was the Marketing Director for Macy’s Inc from Aug 2005 until May 2009.
- In January 2011 she joined Stern advertising as a Director of Strategic Development moving onto Audemars Piquet from November 2011 until June 2013.
- She was also the Product Marketing Specialist for Bulgari for almost a year, resigning in April 2015, a couple of months before she was due to be married.
Interesting Facts and Trivia :
- Ritu’s mother’s name is Usha, who was a gold medallist for mathematics in India, she also has a Ph.D. in Mathematics.
- In 2011, Ritu’s dad Monte made a big donation of $10 million to his alma mater, Cleveland State University. The school’s college of business which was earlier named James J. Nance College of Business Administration was later renamed to Monte Ahuja College of Business.