He moved from Calcutta to Sweden in 1960s. Graduated from Royal Institute of Technology at Stockholm. He opened a student restaurant in late 60's even while he was a student. Today, Bicky Chakraborty, 55 year old, is probably the richest Indian in Scandinavian countries. He owns the Elite hotels chains. And the chain of pubs, The Bishop's Arms will start trading in the Stockholm Stock Exchange from 2001. The latest addition to his hotel groups is Goteborg Plaza, in the west coast harbor town of Sweden. The hotel costs around 125 million Swedish cronor and as per Chakraborty "it is a 15 year long dream turned into reality".