Ravi Sood (born July 5, 1976) is a Canadian

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and

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ist. He was raised in

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, and resides in Hong Kong. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the

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. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Navina Asset Management and its predecessor company Lawrence Asset Management, which at its peak controlled over $800 million in assets globally. Sood has also founded several businesses operating in emerging markets, including Buchanan Renewables Inc., Feronia Inc., Jade Power Trust, Abraxas Power Corp., and Golconda Gold. Sood became well known in Canada as a regular TV personality and frequent guest host of the

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's evening news programme ''Squeeze Play''. He is best known for commenting in the media on the

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s and

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.BHP aims to go solo on potash marketing but honour existing Canpotex commitment

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sood, Ravi 1976 births Businesspeople from Waterloo, Ontario Canadian financial businesspeople Canadian people of Indian descent Living people University of Waterloo alumni