Harpal Randhawa is an Indian businessman and billionaire mining tycoon. He is the owner of Zimbabwean mining company RioZim and founder of private equity firm Global Emerging Markets Group (GEM). On September 29, 2023, his plane crashed due to a technical failure, resulting in his death along with his son.
Wiki/Biography
Harpal Singh Randhawa was born on Friday, August 9, 1963, in India (age 60 years 2023). His zodiac sign is Leo. At the age of 7, he enrolled in Lawrence School in Sanawa, Himachal Pradesh. He moved to England in the 1970s. Studied at London City University from 1986 to 1987. He is also a student of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and the Institute of Corporate Treasurers.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′8″
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye color: brown
family
He was born into a Sikh family.
Parents and siblings
Harpal Randhawa’s father was a cavalry general in the 7th Hussars of the Indian Army. His sister Iqrup Dhamija is an interior designer. She is the founder of luxury interior design company Iqrup Design.
Ikrup Damija
wife and children
Harpal Randhawa married Shon Randhawa on December 10, 1989. She is an entrepreneur and co-founder of two luxury fashion brands, Patine and Talitha. Harpal and Shon Randhawa have a son, Amer Kabir Singh Randhawa, born in 2001. He is a trained pilot and polo player. He died in a plane crash on September 29, 2023.
Harpal Randhawa and Shon and Amer Randhawa
Relationships/Affairs
Harpal Randhawa met Shon Randhawa in December 1988. After dating for a while, they got married in 1989.
Harpal and Shaun Landwa
religion
Harpal Randhawa follows Sikhism.
Profession
Harpal Randhawa is the founder of Global Emerging Markets Group (GEM), an alternative investment group focused on global emerging markets. He served as the company’s chairman from July 1993 to September 2023.
GEM Group logo
In 1999, he co-founded Antfactory Limited, a London-based Internet and technology investment firm. From October 1999 to March 2002, he served as chairman of the company. From 2002 to 2014, Harpal Randhawa served as a partner at Saber Capital Worldwide. From 2010 to 2013, Harpal served as a senior advisor at Safanad Inc, a real estate and private equity investment firm in Dubai. In 2012, Harpal’s company GEM acquired a 24% stake in RioZim, making him the company’s largest shareholder. RioZim is a Zimbabwe-based company that produces gold and coal. The company also commissions refining of nickel and copper.
die
Harpal Randhawa died on September 29, 2023 in a plane crash near the Murowa diamond mine in Zimbabwe. When the accident occurred, Harpal, his son Amir and four passengers were traveling on a Cessna 206 from Harare to RioZim’s Murowa diamond mine. This is a single engine aircraft owned by RioZim. Police said the accident occurred between 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m. and six people were confirmed dead, including two Zimbabweans and four foreigners, police said, according to Zimbabwean newspaper The Herald.
The Republic of Zimbabwe Police reported that a plane crash occurred between 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m. on September 29, in which six people were confirmed dead. The white and red Zcam aircraft owned by Murowa Diamonds (RioZim) left Harare at 6am for the mine and crashed about 6km from Mashawa. “
Police reports said the crash was caused by a technical glitch that may have caused an explosion in the air.
Police inspect Harpal Randhawa plane crash site
Facts/Trivia
- On August 29, 2019, the Embassy of India in Zimbabwe organized a lecture on the life and teachings of Guru Nanak, hosted by Harpal Randhawa.
The embassy organized a lecture titled “The Life and Teachings of Guru Nanak Devji and Sikh Philosophy” by Harpal Randhawa, a well-known Indian expatriate. This is the first in a series of events commemorating the 550th anniversary of his birth. @MEAIndia pic.twitter.com/PK3BxJ5R1r
— India in Zimbabwe (@IndiainZimbabwe) August 29, 2019
- His company Global Emerging Markets Group (GEM), worth US$4 billion by 2024, operates multiple mines in Zimbabwe including Renco Gold Mine, CAM & Motor Mine, Empress Nickel Refinery, Sperrgebiet Diamond Mine (SDM), Murowa Diamond Mine and Senwa Coal Mine.
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