Ravi Sood (born July 5, 1976) is a Canadian financier and venture capitalist. He was raised in Waterloo, Ontario, and resides in Hong Kong. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Waterloo. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Navina Asset Management and its predecessor company Lawrence Asset Management, which at its peak controlled over $800 million in assets globally.
Sood has also founded several businesses operating in emerging markets, including Buchanan Renewables Inc., Feronia Inc., Jade Power Trust, Abraxas Power Corp., and Golconda Gold.
Sood became well known in Canada as a regular TV personality and frequent guest host of the Business News Network's evening news programme Squeeze Play. He is best known for commenting in the media on the income trust sector,National Post's Financial Post & FP Investing. November 5, 2005. Diane Francis. "Lawrence report might help Goodale". Toronto. global markets,BNN: Squeezeplay. June 30, 2009: Overseas Funds [06-30-09 5:30PM]. http://watch.bnn.ca/squeezeplay/june-2009/squeezeplay-june-30-2009/#clip189113 natural resources and agriculture."Investing in Agriculture" BHP aims to go solo on potash marketing but honour existing Canpotex commitments
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