headquarters dubai united arab emirates area served africa middle east key people sunil vaswani chairman and ceo number of employees 10 800 2014 website http www.stalliongroup.com index.html stallion group is a conglomerate founded in 1969 with headquarters in dubai . the group is one of the largest in sub saharan africa . the group has an extensive international presence in 18 countries as of 2010 with 72 locations and more than 10 000 employees . stallion is engaged in commodities agriculture automobile assembly automobile distributorship food products industries fmcg mining steel manufacturing real estate financial services technology logistics and shipping . the group also manages a sole exclusive portfolio of global auto brands including honda hyundai nissan porsche volkswagen audi skoda foton jinbei baic changan ashok leyland and iveco . operating multiple assembly facilities the group is involved in the assembly of nissan hyundai ashok leyland iveco and volkswagen branded vehicles . in 2014 the stallion rolled out the first nigeria made nissan vehicle a nissan patrol . 1 soon after stallion released the first made in nigeria hyundai passenger car . 2 3 stallion has also announced the assembly of volkswagen branded cars . 4 stallion group is one of the largest integrated rice value chain operators in sub saharan africa . 5 6 amongst others stallion was awarded the thailand government award for five consecutive years 2010 2014 . 7 the leadership newspaper selected stallion group for its the company of the year in 2014 . 8 stallion furthermore won an award from hyundai for best sales performance . 9 stallion was recognised by federal government of nigeria as the second largest conglomerate 10 in 2014 taking into account the taxes paid the employment generated corporate social responsibility and the companies turnover . 11 stallion group was awarded as best performer 2014 15 west africa by world leading automotive group ashok leyland . 12 stallion group has won the 2015 nissan global national sales company award for its outstanding achievement in nigeria . 13 stallion group chairman sunil vaswani was awarded the game changer award by thisday for his contribution in automobiles industry and agriculture . 13 forbes ranked vaswani as the top indian leader in arab world 2015 . 14 vaswani takes top honours at indian ceo awards . 15 entrepreneur magazine featured vaswani as a cover story . 16 references edit cnbc africa . www.cnbcafrica.com . 2010 09 08 . retrieved 2015 02 11 . leadershipng . leadership.ng . 2014 08 11 . retrieved 2015 02 11 . todayng . todayng . 2014 08 12 . retrieved 2015 02 11 . punch ng . punchng.com . 2014 12 15 . retrieved 2015 02 11 . sun news online . sunnewsonline.com . 2014 05 07 . retrieved 2015 02 11 . this day live . www.thisdaylive.com . 2014 05 07 . retrieved 2015 02 11 . the eagle online . www.theeagleonline.com . 2012 09 14 . retrieved 2015 02 11 . leadership ng . www.leadership.ng . 2014 12 09 . retrieved 2015 02 11 . ghanamma . ghanamma.com . 2012 09 21 . retrieved 2015 02 11 . sun news online . sunnewsonline.com . 2014 12 03 . retrieved 2015 02 11 . sun news online . thisdaylive.com . 2014 12 03 . retrieved 2015 02 11 . the ghana auto . theghanaauto.com . 2015 05 20 . retrieved 2015 09 29 . a b this day live . thisdaylive.com . 2015 08 19 . retrieved 2015 09 29 . cite error invalid ref tag ; 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