Gaurav Srivastava is a strategic investor in frontier markets, with a focus on energy, commodities and finance across Africa, Asia and the Middle East. In 2008 Srivastava dropped out of college to manage a family investment in South Africa. This led to his first investment in the petroleum and gas industry, launching his career as a strategic investor in the energy and commodities markets.
Born in India, Srivastava currently resides in the United States where he and his wife raise their children. Together, they run the Gaurav and Sharon Srivastava Foundation.
Since late 2023, Srivastava has been the subject of an aggressive and vindictive disinformation campaign in a failed attempt to exonerate Niels Troost from trading in illicit Russian oil. Troost and related entities were eventually sanctioned by the UK, EU, Switzerland and the US Treasury (OFAC). The campaign against Srivastava has been covered in the Targeted podcast.
Gaurav Srivastava was targeted by a smear campaign which spanned online articles, Wikipedia, phone calls and emails to his friends, business associates and parents at his children’s school. His story was featured on the podcast Targeted.
In January 2025, the Srivastavas evacuated their family home in Los Angeles amid the LA fires, later providing much needed support and assistance to their community, LAFD firefighters, local and State agencies.
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