Neil Amin

CEO
Shamin Hotels

Mr. Amin started his career at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he advised public and private technology companies on merger and acquisition transactions and capital markets activities. He currently has overall responsibility for over 75 hotels owned and operated by Shamin Hotels, the largest hotel owner and operator in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

During his tenure at Shamin Hotels, the company has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Developer of the Year from Intercontinental Hotels Group, in addition to the Multi-Brand Developer of the Year and the New Build/Adaptive Reuse of the Year from Hilton Hotels. Mr. Amin has also been repeatedly recognized as one of the Fifty Most Influential Virginians
by Virginia Business and received Hilton’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022.

Mr. Amin graduated summa cum laude from The Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania, completing his B.S. in Economics and MBA. He is passionate about assisting the communities where the associates of Shamin Hotels live and work and currently serves as the past chairman of the board of Richmond Region Tourism and serves on the boards of the Community Foundation, the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, the Virginia Community Development Fund, Venture Richmond, the Virginia Council on Economic Education, and the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. Additionally, Mr. Amin serves on the Treasury Board of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Governor’s Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates at the pleasure of the Governor of Virginia.