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{{Infobox person <br />
| name = Manoj Badale<br />
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|12|31|df=yes}}<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Cambridge]] <br />
| occupation = [[Businessman]]<br />
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'''Manoj Badale''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=13 June 2018|title=Rajasthan Royals owner Manoj Ba conferred the Officer of the Order of the British Empire|access-date=28 February 2021|website=CricTracker|url=https://www.crictracker.com/rajasthan-royals-owner-manoj-badale-conferred-officer-order-british-empire/ |language=en}}</ref> (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,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Blenheim Chalcot|url=https://www.blenheimchalcot.com/|access-date=16 April 2019|website=www.blenheimchalcot.com}}</ref> the South African [[SA20]] franchise [[Paarl Royals]] and the Caribbean [[Caribbean Premier League|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 {{currency|1.63|USD}} billion. He currently has a 7% stake in Rajasthan Royals.<br />
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==Life==<br />
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Badale was born in [[Dhule]], to a rich Maharashtrian [[Marathi language|Marathi]] speaking family. He attended [[Haberdashers' Boys' School|Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School]] before attending the [[University of Cambridge]], where he studied [[economics]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Manoj Badale|url=https://asiansintech.com/the-list/manoj-badale/|access-date=28 February 2021|website=Asian Stars in UK Tech|language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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Badale founded the IT services company [[Agilisys]] in 1998.<br />
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In June 2018, Badale was appointed an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] for services to the economy and charity.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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