1. Nav Bhatia founded and currently runs the Superfan Foundation to help unite people through the love of the sport.
11 Facts About Nav Bhatia
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On June 19,2018, Nav Bhatia was named a recipient of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrants Award.
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Nav Bhatia was born in New Delhi and moved to Toronto in 1984 amid anti-Sikh riots in India.
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Nav Bhatia struggled to find work as a mechanical engineer and decided to work as a car salesman.
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Nav Bhatia achieved a record 127 car sales in three months and bought the dealership two years later.
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Nav Bhatia is the owner of one of the top-selling Hyundai car dealerships in Canada.
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In 2020, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that Nav Bhatia would be one of the first fans memorialized in its new superfan gallery for their 2020 induction class.
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Nav Bhatia was officially honoured by the Hall of Fame on May 15,2021, as part of their ceremonial induction weekend.
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Nav Bhatia is frequently invited to talk about basketball in the media.
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Nav Bhatia founded the Superfan Foundation in 2018 as a way to bring people in Canada and around the world together through sport.
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Nav Bhatia spends $300K every year to send thousands of children to Raptors games.