NRI Nav Bhatia- Entrepreneur and automotive visionary in Toronto
owner of two car dealerships- Hyundai of Mississauga & Rexdale
Biggest NRI car Dealership

• In 1984, the political climate in New Delhi turned into ugly riots and Sikhs became targeted for murders, resulting in more than 8,000 deaths, including 3,000 in his place of birth. He and his wife, Arvinder, fled to Canada, but he found work scarce because he wore a turban, which prospective employers didn’t embrace. He eventually found work selling cars at the Rexdale Hyundai dealership. With “God’s grace and the blessings” Bhatia became the company’s top salesperson in Canada. He sold almost 150 cars in only four months.
• HE managed a Hyundai dealership in Mississauga that was on the verge of bankruptcy. In only three years, the outlet became the top Hyundai dealership in Canada.
• Bhatia became a partner in the Mississauga dealership and then the outright owner in 2003. In 2011, he moved the dealership down the street from the Erin Mills Auto Centre to a property that had formerly been a failed General Motors dealership. In 2013, the Mississauga outlet led all others in the Canadian chain in new vehicles sold, and he topped that figure in 2014.

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