By Ben Aris in Tashkent Uzbekistan’s Orient Group has emerged as one of the largest multi-sector conglomerates in the country, with interests in real estate, banking, retail and agriculture among other things, making it one of the three largest corporations in Uzbekistan. The company was founded in 1998 and is riding the wave of reform as the country opens up and is actively taking advantage of the new pro-business environment as the economy of Central Asia’s most populous country finally takes off. Today growth is accelerating in a complicated geopolitical environment as the war in Ukraine sp…