{{Short description|Canadian businessman}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox person |name = Ravi Sood |image = Ravi Sood.jpg |caption = |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |resting place = |other_names = |known_for = Agriculture, mining, Africa, natural resources |education = B.Math (Honours) |alma_mater = University of Waterloo |employer = |occupation = |title = |height = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |boards = |spouse = |partner = |children = |parents = |relatives = |signature = |website = }}
'''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.{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}}
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.{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}}
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,<ref>National Post's Financial Post & FP Investing. November 5, 2005. Diane Francis. "Lawrence report might help Goodale". Toronto. {{cite web |url=http://www.financialpost.com/scripts/story.html?id=1d3912fa-ac97-4f40-9d2e-c6926cc853f4&k=31265 |title=Lawrence report might help Goodale |accessdate=2009-12-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305171839/http://www.financialpost.com/scripts/story.html?id=1d3912fa-ac97-4f40-9d2e-c6926cc853f4&k=31265 |archivedate=2012-03-05 }}</ref> global markets,<ref>BNN: Squeezeplay. June 30, 2009: Overseas Funds [06-30-09 5:30PM]. http://watch.bnn.ca/squeezeplay/june-2009/squeezeplay-june-30-2009/#clip189113 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703113513/http://watch.bnn.ca/squeezeplay/june-2009/squeezeplay-june-30-2009/#clip189113#clip189113 |date=July 3, 2009 }}</ref> natural resources and agriculture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/how-best-to-invest-in-agriculture/article1423758/|title=How best to invest in agriculture|date=August 23, 2012|website=The Globe and Mail|publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc.|access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref><ref>"Investing in Agriculture" {{cite web |url=http://agvisiontv.farms.com/ |title=Advertising with Agvision |accessdate=2010-03-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20061018111808/http://agvisiontv.farms.com/ |archivedate=2006-10-18 }}</ref><ref>BHP aims to go solo on potash marketing but honour existing Canpotex commitments [https://archive.today/20120908022204/http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/headline_news/article.jsp?content=b4261601]</ref>
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