Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria

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Karan Bilimoria (2012)

Karan Faridoon Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria CBE (born November 26, 1961 in Hyderabad , India ) is a British entrepreneur and life peer who is best known as the founder and CEO of Cobra Beer .

life and career

Bilimoria was born in Hyderabad, India, into a Parsees family. He studied at Osmania University , which graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor of Commerce . Subsequently, he worked for Ernst & Young before he Jurisprudence at Sidney Sussex College of the University of Cambridge studied and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts finished.

He founded Cobra Beer in 1989, with the aim of creating a lager beer that, by its taste, is more suitable for consumption with curry and other dishes. Because of his economic merits, he was named Commander of the British Empire in 2004.

Bilimoria is the Vice President of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry and has held the post of Deputy Lieutenant (DL) in the London Borough of Hounslow. He was appointed to the British Board of Directors of the Indo British Partnership (IBP) in 2003 and is one of the founders of the India British Council (UKIBC). In 2005 he became the youngest Chancellor of Thames Valley University .

Bilimoria was named Life Peer on June 16, 2006 as Baron Bilimoria , of Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea . He was the first Parse in the House of Lords and is a crossbencher there . In 2008 the Indian President awarded him the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arzan Sam Wadia: Karan Bilimoria, first Parsi in House of Lords ( English ) August 30, 2006. Archived from the original on June 29, 2009. Information: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 29, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / parsikhabar.net
  2. ↑ Lord Bilimoria Biography ( English ) British Parliament. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  3. ↑ The Queen's Birthday Honors List 2004 (English) , Government of the United Kingdom. 2004. 
personal data
SURNAME Bilimoria, Karan, Baron Bilimoria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bilimoria, Karan Faridoon, Baron Bilimoria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British brewer and life peer
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Hyderabad , India