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Manoj Badale OBE^[1] (born 31 December 1967) is an Indian-born British businessman and venture business builder. He is the co-founder and managing partner of venture builder firm Blenheim Chalcot,^[2] the South African SA20 franchise Paarl Royals and the Caribbean CPL franchise Barbados Royals and he formerly owned Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals before selling that to UK-based Indian-born Lakshmi Mittal (75%) and Adar Poonawalla (18%) at valuation of US$1.63 billion. He currently has a 7% stake in Rajasthan Royals.

Life

Badale was born in Dhule, to a rich Maharashtrian Marathi speaking family. He attended Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School before attending the University of Cambridge, where he studied economics.^[3]

Badale founded the IT services company Agilisys in 1998.

In June 2018, Badale was appointed an OBE for services to the economy and charity.^[1]

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