Pramod Agarwal
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Pramod Agarwal | |
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| Born | September 1954 (age 71) |
| Alma mater | Hill Grange High School (B.Com) Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics Mumbai University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Founder, Zamin Ferrous |
| Spouse | Vijaya Agarwal |
| Children | 2 |
Pramod Agarwal (born September 1954) is a British Indian businessman who founded Zamin Ferrous in 2004, an international mining group that supplies direct reduction and blast furnace iron ore pellet fines to the global steel industry.
Agarwal was born in Bombay[1] in September 1954.[2] His family originates in a small municipality near Bhiwani, in Haryana State in northern India.[1]
He began schooling in Hill Grange High School and went on to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai. He then quickly began to build his business portfolio. At age 17, he began working for his family's firm; and at 22, left India for Hong Kong, where he began Texuna International Ltd (1981), which was involved in the textile and cotton trades.[3][4]
Agarwal diversified into fertilizers, steel, and other commodities. He invested in the ‘opening-up’ of former Soviet Union markets in the late 1980s and early 1990s, making several investments in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Russia, including a high-profile partnership with Tvoi Dom, a large Russian retail and department store.[5]
