about roger shashoua
"If you placed Roger Shashoua on a remote island, it would be a matter of days before he had started trading with the natives, struck up a close relationship with the local chief and probably married the local chief's daughter." Nicholas Berry
Voted one of Europe's top entrepreneurs by the Association of Dynamic Entrepreneurs, Roger has over 30 years experience in the Exhibitions industry, and his companies were among the very first to succeed in China and Russia in the 1980's and 1990's. ITE Group, a company Roger co-founded with little capital when he entered the Russian market, was ranked by Business Week in 1998 as the fastest growing small company in Europe.
ITE is presently trading on the London Stock Exchange with a market value of $1 billion. Today, Roger serves as Non-Executive Chairman of Expomedia Group Plc, an international media group with interests in exhibitions, conferences, venue management and related publishing ventures.
He is also Chairman of Benisha Group, developers of several commercial projects in Russia and Morocco. Roger is the author of the best selling book The Paper Millionaire which chronicled his early career successes and outlined, for the first time, the emerging significance of the paper millionaire. He holds several visiting professorships and honorary fellowships in Britain, China and Russia. Roger divides his time between homes in London, Moscow and Casablanca.
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