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Pardeep Arora is an Indo-Canadian businessman from Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. Originating from the village of Mudki in the District of Ferozepur in Punjab, India, he moved to Canada on July 1st, 1995 when he was 17 years old with his elder brother Jas Arora and parents, Hem Raj Arora and Shelawanti Arora. Living in Abbotsford ever since, he founded his trucking empire with Triple Eight Transport in 2006.[1] It has since grown to over 400 trucks and more than 1000 trailers with a new 200,000 square feet warehouse in Balzac, Alberta.[2] It has also acquired other trucking companies over the years, namely OnTime Transport and Speedoline Transport. The headquarters are in Abbotsford BC with other offices in Langley, BC, Calgary, AB, Edmonton, AB and in Chandigarh, India, with terminals and truck yards across Western North America.[3]

He started working in a blueberry farm with his family, days after landing in Canada. He then worked in a lumbar mill until he suffered a workplace injury that had injured his neck making him unable to work there any further. He got his class 1 Driving license in 1997 and drove until 2006 as an owner operator, before starting his own company.[4] The name has a special meaning behind it with November 8th being when he met his wife, Deepati Arora, December 8th being when they got married, and August 26th, in which the numbers add up to 8, is when their elder son, Sourav Arora was born. The company was started in 2006 when their second son, Karan Arora was born, the numbers 2006 also add up to 8.[5]

Pardeep Arora is also the director of Transcorp Holdings, his real estate holding company, which has steadily been acquiring land, industrial, office, and retail properties throughout Canada, primarily in Western Canada, boasting a portfolio value exceeding $300 million according to the company's registered properties.[6]

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  1. ^ https://desitrucking.com/pardeep-arora/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ https://triple8.ca/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ https://triple8.ca/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ https://desitrucking.com/pardeep-arora/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ https://www.abbynews.com/business/humble-beginning-bright-future-for-abbotsford-transport-company-1754188. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ https://www.westerninvestor.com/done-deals/fully-leased-richmond-office-asset-trades-for-66-million-an-acre-10343573. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)