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Early years
Mr Jojar Singh Dhinsa was born in Coventry. , An ex-Coventry schoolboy who is now worth about USD $700million and has already sold one business - for $70 million - has been named business newcomer of the year in the Asian Business Awards. Jojar started business life doing his local paper round and quickly progressed to his first venture - a lawnmower parts business that earned him his first £1,000 profit. It was his move into exporting goods however that allowed Jojar to capitalise on and further develop his natural talent for driving a good business deal. Before reaching 17 Jojar had made his first million and had begun building a reputation and business network that later would lead to the successful foundation of the Athlone Group. Jojar is the founder and majority shareholder of the worlds first online video CV company, and a worldwide martial arts social network.

Awards
Jojar Dhinsa was applauded as Newcomer of the Year for the success of Athlone Group, the private equity company, which has earned him an estimated £48m at the age of 28.

Very recently Jojar has been nominated by the Sikh Awards which were held on October 10, 2010. Jojar was nominated in the business man category.

Charitable Work
On a personal level, Jojar has expanded his charitable work. He is on the council of the UK-based Children in Crisis charity founded by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York to aid "forgotten children" living in crisis-torn countries. Jojar has donated over $3.5m to worthy causes across Europe and Asia. Also he is a keen supporter of the Elephant Family run by Mark Shand.

Media Work
Jojar Dhinsa has been featured on a Discovery Channel programme about Europe's wealthiest Entrepreneurs, There are also suggestions that he is interested in setting up his own television station dedicated to the Asian community, he has had discussions with several well known Indian TV presenters. Jojar recently spoke of the lack of Indian actors in main stream media and he believes that there should be programmes made in the UK featuring the Indian and Pakistan cultures. Jojar is involved in several webtv projects which will take shape in 2011.

Future Work
Jojar has been working with the Athlone project team, focussing on humanitarian projects.

"It takes a brave and courageous decision to stand against commonplace criticism when supporting a nation negatively portrayed in the modern media. However, Humanitarian projects are the key to making the world a better place, therefore I can see great rewards in working with places of great potential in order help improve the lives of many thousands of people" - Jojar S Dhinsa - Chairman & CEO, Athlone Group

Athlone are a major contributor to the Oil and Gas News blog, a number of Athlone employees make regular submissions to the Dubai Based news blog. Jojar has worked tirelessly helping the publication financially and chaired several meetings at the general meetings.

Jojar S Dhinsa is aiming more at opportunities in Africa, anything which has a humanitarian goal, his organisation, the Athlone Group have been visiting several different countries within Africa over the last 6 months.

Jojar is involved in discussions to establish trade agreements with Sri Lanka, recently visiting the capital city and meeting with the Prime Minister and Trade Minister.

Sri Lanka
Mr Dhinsa believes Sri Lanka has great potential and is in a perfect situation to become a world trade leader. Athlone group has targeted Sri Lanka as a major hub for its future operations. "I believe we have great opportunities here and my plan is to make Sri Lanka great" Jojar S. Dhinsa Chairman & CEO Athlone Group

Plans for 2011
Jojar is looking forward to a fantastic 2011, Athlone Group have already identified our key markets. They will continue to invest in Africa especially in real estate and construction projects that have a humanitarian significance. There will be much focus on trade agreements between key African States and other free market economies-said Dwayne White President Athlone Group USA. Athlone Group will continue to facilitate these relationships and expand its portfolio.

Athlone Group will also power ahead with its strategies for South Asia and South America again focusing on real estate, energy products, and humanitarian projects. The key performance indicators are to increase revenues and trade agreements. Athlone Group already has key links with several Governments and has earned a position of trust and respect as a company who delivers and is keen to continue this arrangement in efforts to increase revenue.