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'''Raamdeo Agrawal''' is an Indian businessman, stock market investor and Chairman of [[Motilal Oswal Group]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=India is a fantastic launching pad for economic boom: Raamdeo Agrawal|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/biz-tech/2020/08/13/india-is-a-fantastic-launching-pad-for-economic-boom-raamdeo-agrawal.html|access-date=2020-11-01|website=The Week|language=en}}</ref> which he co-founded with Motilal Oswal in 1987. According to [[Forbes]] he had a net worth of $1 billion in 2018 but dropped off their list of billionaires in 2019.<ref name="forbes">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Raamdeo Agrawal|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/raamdeo-agrawal/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-23|website=[[Forbes India]]|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
Agrawal was born in a middle-class family. He was brought up in a village in [[Chhattisgarh]].<ref name="forbes"/> He moved to [[Mumbai]] to study to become a chartered accountant.<ref name="forbes"/><br />
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==Career==<br />
Agrawal pursued chartered accountancy in Mumbai and began his career as a sub-broker in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BOOKMARK: Raamdeo Agrawal on the 5 books that made him a better investor|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/market/bookmark-raamdeo-agrawal-on-the-5-books-that-made-him-a-better-investor-6902431.htm|access-date=2020-11-01|website=cnbctv18.com|language=en-US}}</ref> He co-founded [[Motilal Oswal Financial Services]] and his family today owns about 36% of the company.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Redmond|first=Nupur Acharya,Tom|date=2017-06-07|title=Raamdeo Agrawal, self-made $900 million man, says India must swap hope for action|url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/Gj8LhEAvRoOmy8QhviIDcJ/Raamdeo-Agrawal-selfmade-900-million-man-says-India-must.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-23|website=[[Mint (newspaper)]]|language=en}}</ref> In 1986, he wrote the book ''Corporate Numbers Game'', along with co-author Ram K Piparia. He also authored the book ''The Art of Wealth Creation''. Agrawal was awarded the Rashtriya Samman Patra by [[Taxation in India|Central Board of Direct Taxes]] for a consistent track record of highest integrity in tax payments for a period of 5 years from FY95-FY99.He considers Warren Buffett as his mentor and says that his investment strategy is largely inspired by him. He attends the AGM of Berkshire Hathaway every year and believes that Letters written by Warren Buffett to company's shareholders has teaches a lot of things.<br />
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