Khin Shwe

Early life and education Khin Shwe was born in Moulmein (now Mawlamyaing), Burma to ethnic Mon-Burmese parents, Saw Nyunt and Daw Daung. He attended a technical high school in Maymyo and worked for the Burmese government until 1988, as a construction and survey engineer. However, both are from unaccredited for-profit diploma mills, Washington University and Cal Southern University.

Business holding In 1988, he established Padamya Company with Htein Win and 2 other partners. Khin Shwe was featured on the US’s Specially Designated Nationals list for more than ten years. He saw his name removed with the lifting of sanctions by the White House in October 2016.

Along with Htay Myint, Dagon Win Aung and Nay Zin Latt, Khin Shwe serves as a patron of the Myanmar Hoteliers Association.

Shwe Mann and Khin Shwe are related by marriage: Shwe Mann's son, Toe Naing Mann, is married to Zay Zin Latt , Khin Shwe's daughter. Khin Shwe's son Zay Thiha , promoter of the World Lethwei Championship, is married to Nanda Hlaing, a Burmese actress and model.

In 2021, he opened Zaykabar Museum, the largest private museum in Myanmar, in Yangon.

Political career He is a member of the Union Solidarity and Development Party. In the 2010 Myanmar general election, he contested the Yangon Region № 9 constituency winning a majority of 173,208 (73.76 percent of the votes), won a House of Nationalities seat.

In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, he was arrested and sent to Insein Prison on 21 March 2022 along with his son Zay Thiha, following a conflict over a failed building development on military-owned land in Yangon. They are the first major cronies to be arrested after the coup. Khin Shwe was released in September 2024 on reported health grounds with a junta pardon.