BBC News - The riches under Mongolia's Turquoise Hill: "I am sure he would blush at the suggestion, but Samand Sanjdorj is quite possibly the most influential Mongolian since Genghis Khan.
Sanj, as he is known, is from a modest background. Like most Mongolians, he grew up in a ger - one of the round felt tents common in Central Asia. He is from a family of nomadic herders from the west of Mongolia, but he did well at school and managed to wangle himself a place on a geophysics course at a university in Russia.
Now you might imagine the work of a geophysicist would be a bit dull, but I challenge you not to be drawn in by Sanj's story."
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