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	* Agarwal was honored with the [[Business Leader of the Year]] Award, 2016 under financial category by [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]]. The award was given by [[K. Pandiarajan]], the Minister for School Education, Youth Affairs and Sports of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=संजय अग्रवाल को 'बिजनेस लीडर ऑफ द ईयर का मिला अवॉर्ड \|url=https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/sanjay-agarwal-business-leader-of-the-year-2466608/ \|publisher=[[Rajasthan Patrika]] \|date=February 2, 2017 \|language=Hindi}}</ref>		* Agarwal was honored with the [[Business Leader of the Year]] Award, 2016 under financial category by [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]]. The award was given by [[K. Pandiarajan]], the Minister for School Education, Youth Affairs and Sports of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=संजय अग्रवाल को 'बिजनेस लीडर ऑफ द ईयर का मिला अवॉर्ड \|url=https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/sanjay-agarwal-business-leader-of-the-year-2466608/ \|publisher=[[Rajasthan Patrika]] \|date=February 2, 2017 \|language=Hindi}}</ref>
	== See also ==		== See also ==
	~~{{Portal \|Biography\|India}}~~
	* [[AU Small Finance Bank]]		* [[AU Small Finance Bank]]
	* [[List of Indian entrepreneurs]]		* [[List of Indian entrepreneurs]]

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'''Sanjay Agarwal''' is an Indian businessperson and founder of [[AU Small Finance Bank]], where he is currently serving as the Managing Director & CEO.<ref name=forbes>{{cite news |last1=Srivastava |first1=Samar |title=AU Financiers: Making it Easy to Buy Second-Hand Commercial Vehicles |url=http://www.forbesindia.com/article/hidden-gems/au-financiers-making-it-easy-to-buy-secondhand-commercial-vehicles/36027/1 |work=[[Forbes India]] |date=September 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ray |first1=Atmadip |last2=Sinha |first2=Shilpy |title=Small finance banks: Who will be the lucky ones as firms like AU Financier and FINO await licenses |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/small-finance-banks-who-will-be-the-lucky-ones-as-firms-like-au-financier-and-fino-await-licenses/articleshow/47090378.cms?from=mdr |publisher=[[The Economic Times]] |date=April 29, 2015}}</ref> He was named [[Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Siddhartha Lal wins the EY Entrepreneur Of the Year for 2018|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/entrepreneurship/siddhartha-lal-wins-the-ey-entrepreneur-of-the-year-for-2018/articleshow/67965219.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2021-03-04}}</ref> Award 2018 in financial services.<ref>{{Citation|title=EOY India 2018 'Financial Services' Category Winner - Sanjay Agarwal|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TkRR-SYhVQ|language=en|access-date=2021-03-04}}</ref>
== Education ==
He has a bachelor's degree in commerce from the [[Government College, Ajmer]].<ref name=Reuters/> He is a [[chartered accountant]] from the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]].<ref name=forbes/>
== Career ==
After clearing [[Chartered accountant|CA]] in 1995, Sanjay started his own venture in [[Jaipur]]. Realizing the lack of institutions to cater to the financial needs of people in rural and semi-urban [[Rajasthan]], he decided to start a financing firm, the erstwhile [[AU Small Finance Bank|Au Financiers]] in 1996.<ref name=Frontiers>{{cite news |author1=Mohan |title=AU Small Finance Bank to leverage its NBFC basics |url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/banking-frontiers/20170725/281526521124652 |publisher=[[Banking Frontiers]] |date=July 25, 2017}}</ref>

He started the business with the help of a few [[High-net-worth individual|High Net worth Individuals]] (HNIs) in [[Jaipur]]. For over 2 decades, [[AU Small Finance Bank|Au Financiers]] provided funding for income generating assets and partnered with customers.<ref name=forbes/><ref name=Frontiers/>

In 2015, the [[Reserve Bank of India]] commenced the Small Finance Bank (SFB) category in India to encourage financial inclusion. Of the 72 companies that applied for the [[Small finance bank|SFB]] license, 10 received licenses. AU Bank was the only non-banking finance company to receive this license.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Sahib |title=AU Financiers gets final licence from RBI to start small finance bank |url=https://www.livemint.com/Industry/lVb708XL5KuMeVwfDPGlUL/AU-Financiers-gets-final-licence-from-RBI-to-start-small-fin.html |publisher=[[Livemint]] |date=December 28, 2016}}</ref>

Agarwal was first appointed as Managing Director of [[AU Small Finance Bank|Au Financiers]] on February 14, 2008. As the company transformed into a Small Finance Bank on April 19, 2017, he became the Managing Director & CEO of [[AU Small Finance Bank]].<ref name=Reuters>{{cite web |title=AU Small Finance Bank Ltd |url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-officers/AUFI.NS |website=[[Reuters.com]] |date=1 August 2019}}</ref>

In 2017, the [[Initial public offering|IPO]] of the [[AU Small Finance Bank|AU Bank]] was oversubscribed by more than 53 times. As of May 2021, the bank has a valuation of close to {{INRConvert|30000|c|0}}. Sanjay's market wealth is about {{INRConvert|4000|c|0}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=Prudence Pays |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/cover-story/prudence-pays/story/279509.html |publisher=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]] |date=July 15, 2018}}</ref>
== Awards & honour ==
* He received the [[Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year]] Award 2018. The award was presented by [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]], [[Devendra Fadnavis]] in February 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=एयू बैंक के एमडी संजय अग्रवाल को ईवाई एंटरप्रेन्योर ऑफ द ईयर अवार्ड |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/rajasthan/pali/news/rajasthan-news-ev-entrepreneur-of-the-year-award-by-sanjay-agarwal-md-of-au-bank-054622-3900746.html |publisher=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |date=February 14, 2019 |language=Hindi}}</ref>
* Agarwal was honored with the [[Business Leader of the Year]] Award, 2016 under financial category by [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]]. The award was given by [[K. Pandiarajan]], the Minister for School Education, Youth Affairs and Sports of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite news |title=संजय अग्रवाल को 'बिजनेस लीडर ऑफ द ईयर का मिला अवॉर्ड |url=https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/sanjay-agarwal-business-leader-of-the-year-2466608/ |publisher=[[Rajasthan Patrika]] |date=February 2, 2017 |language=Hindi}}</ref>
== See also ==
{{Portal |Biography|India}}
* [[AU Small Finance Bank]]
* [[List of Indian entrepreneurs]]
* [[List of people from Rajasthan]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.marketscreener.com/business-leaders/Sanjay-K-Agarwal-09RJZ9-E/biography/ Sanjay Agarwal Profile]
* [https://www.dnaindia.com/business/interview-liquidity-crisis-helped-us-grow-deposits-biz-says-sanjay-agarwal-2698206 Sanjay Agarwal's Interview] at ''[[DNA India]]''
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