Stan Bharti | |
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 Bharti in 2011 | |
| Born | Punjab Region, India |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (MSc) Imperial College London (MEng, D.I.C) |
| Occupation(s) | Chair, Forbes & Manhatta |
Stan Bharti is a Canadian businessman, [1] born and raised in the Punjab Region of India, [2] who founded the merchant bank Forbes & Manhattan. [3]
He started his own management and engineering consulting firm, BLM Inc., in 1988, [4] and became the president of William Resources, which bought the Bjorkdal gold mine in Sweden and the Jacobina gold mine in Brazil. [5] In 2002 Bharti established Forbes & Manhattan. [5] [6] He purchased mines from floundering companies, developed them and sold them. Since 2002, Forbes & Manhattan has developed companies almost exclusively in the mining sector. [6]
In November, 2011, Bharti donated $10M to Laurentian University, [7] [8] where he gave lectures when he was a mining engineer in Sudbury. [2] In exchange the engineering school was renamed the Bharti School of Engineering. [9]