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Lunch with Sumiko
Father knows best but is happy to let son take the lead at home-grown agri-commodity giant Agrocorp
The family behind Agrocorp tells executive editor Sumiko Tan how it went from a modest outfit in a windowless office to an agri-commodity trading and processing giant.
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Agrocorp started as a small commodity trader in 1990. The Singapore company's trading revenues were more than US$3 billion in 2023. Founder Vijay Iyengar and his son, CEO Vishal Vijay, tell Sumiko Tan what it’s like working with family.
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Mr Vijay Iyengar isn’t one to be nostalgic about past glories.
“I never look at what happened yesterday. I’m in today and tomorrow,” says the founder and executive chairman of Agrocorp, a leading agri-commodity trading and processing company.
