Simarpal Singh
Simarpal Singh, known as the farming King of Argentina, was born in India. After obtaining his education
he started his career with National Dairy Development Board in Delhi in 1998. Working as Assistant
Executive at Dhara oil seeds, he showed his efficiency and knowledge (he had agricultural qualification and
knowledge). In 2000 he got the job of Senior Executive Sales at Amul (GCMMF), Delhi. He was entrusted the
work of the team leader for the launch of Amul Masti Dahi. He was successful to stabilize the project in the
tough competition in the market. After that he served many other organizations with higher ranks like Areas
Sales Executive and in 2001 he became the Branch Manager of Olam International Ltd. at Muzam Bique and
here from his journey started in Africa and then he moved to South America where his richness story was to
flourish. He started a peanut farm in Argentina only a few years back and today, has become an uncrowned
King of rice, soya and complanetation in South America. His company Olam, based in Singapore and run
by people of India origin, is one of the major rice traders of the world. He has an area of 20,000 hectares of
peanut farms. He grows soya and corn in 10,000 hectares, and has leased 1,700 hectares of land in Concordia
in Entre Rios province for rice cultivation. He has cultivated commendable rapport with the argentines in
the same efficient way with which he cultivates the land. Singh has impressed everyone with his hard work
spirit and also with the pleasant Latino way in which he manages his Argentine employees. The Argentines
admire this young Sikh’s dynamism and adore his turban, thinking that he is a Maharaja.
