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Entrepreneur of the Year Award: Subodh Agrawal

Sarwar Alam
By Sarwar AlamMar 21, 2017
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Entrepreneur of the Year Award (supported by Edwardian Hotels London): Subodh Agrawal, founder of Euromax Capital

As founder of Euromax Capital, Subodh Agrawal has over 30 years of experience in making some of the biggest deals around.

Based in London and Dubai, he has worked on behalf of Tata, Reliance, Essar and Jindal, as well as the Alfa Group from Russia and CTCE of China. In 1995, he was the man behind a $1.3 billion reselling of a gas facility brokered between himself, the Government of India and LNG.

As well as being close to former Nigerian president Olusengun Obasenjo, Agrawal is also involved in charity work in the country and has served as director of the Rajasthan Foundation and currently sits on the board of India Centre and India Japan Global Partnership.

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