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| name = Chandrakant Sampat<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth year |1929}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Gujarat]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death year and age|2015|1929}}<br />
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], India<br />
| occupation = Investor<br />
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| known_for = Being the father of value investing in India<br />
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'''Chandrakant Sampat''' (1929–2015) was an Indian investor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tribute to the Father of Value Investing in India |url=https://bltpindia.com/wordpress/index.php/2023/02/01/tribute-to-father-of-value-investing-in-india/#:~:text=Late%20Shri%20Chandrakant%20Sampat%20was,for%20his%20successful%20investment%20strategies.|access-date=Mar 5, 2019|website=bltpindia.com/|language=en}}</ref> He amassed his fortune by picking up multinational companies before other investors realized the true value in the 1970s and became known as the "Father of [[Value Investing]] in India".<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
He was born in 1929 in a Gujarati family. After leaving his family business in the 1950s, he started investing in the Indian market at the age of 26. <br />
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== Career ==<br />
After the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) came into effect in the 1970s, he amassed a fortune by picking up multinational companies before other investors realized the true value of companies that reduced their equity to below their intrinsic value.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cred.club/articles/meet-chandrakant-sampat |title=Meet Chandrakant Sampat |date=July 4, 2021 |publisher=CRED }}</ref> Known as the "Father of Value Investing in India", Chandrakant Sampat inspired an entire generation of investors. He was a man of determination and strict discipline, which made him one of the biggest investors in India. <br />
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He is said to have inspired and guided many Indian investors, including the founder and owner of D-Mart retail chain and value investor [[Radhakishan Damani]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://medium.com/@samvitpatel17/chandrakant-sampat-856f7f880b69 |title=Chandrakant Sampat |date=February 2, 2023 |publisher=Medium |last=Patel |first=Samvit }}</ref> He was compared to [[Warren Buffett]] for his successful investment strategy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/special/remembering-chandrakant-sampat-indias-original-value-investor/39507/1 |title=Remembering Chandrakant Sampat: India's original value investor |date=February 2, 2015 |publisher=Forbes India }}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
The 86-year-old investor led an active, simple life. Sampat died in 2015 at the age of 86.<ref>{{Cite news|title= chandrakant sampat died at 86|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/when-dalal-streets-original-value-investor-prophesied-doom-for-indias-capital-markets/articleshow/68265532.cms?from=mdr|access-date=Mar 5, 2019|newspaper=The Economic Times| date=5 March 2019 |language=en | last1=Nagar | first1=Anupam }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Stock Market Crash]]<br />
*[[List of economic crises]]<br />
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