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As far as South Asians are concerned, Sindhis (the Hindu immigrants from Pakistan currently residing in various parts of India, not the native Muslim Pakistani ones) are also known to be quite manipulative and unethical in business transactions and the like in the aim of securing as much profit as possible.

The Baniya and Marwari trader groups of Northern India are also quite money-minded, what one would assume as a trait passed on from generation to generation owing to their ancestral practice of trading. Many of India's big entrepreneurs, industrialists and businessmen tend to hail from the aforementioned ethnic groups. Some examples include Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal, Suhel Seth, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Rahul Bajaj, Sunil Mittal, etc.

There is also a stereotype among Indians that Punjabis tend to be very materialistic.

All in all Indians in general are careful with their money, although not entirely money-minded.

Other than these Indian specific groups, I would say that the Jews and Chinese are quite money-minded. All these groups believe in a win-lose philosophy when they engage in business, and it never once goes through their mind that it can be a win-win situation for both sides (which are involved in the transaction).

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