Profile: Patel Family Office – from refrigerators to buying out a Middle East family office events business

Dipika Patel, a third-generation hotelier and chairman of the Patel Family Office, based in Dallas, whose roots are in Manchester, England, sees big opportunities in the US sunbelt states as the country’s demographics change. Known to her friends as Dee, over the last 10 years, she has overseen the development of 25-plus hotels, including the boutique hotel brand “Hayden” in New York City.