Gulu Lalvani
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Gulu Lalvani founder and chairman of Binatone
, the world’s second largest manufacturer of digital cordless phones.
Lalvani, born in Karachi and raised in Bombay, came to Britain as a student. He was born to Marwari
Jain family. He founded Binatone in 1958 with his brothers Katar and Partap to import radios from Hong Kong. In 1989, Partap and he divided the business geographically and both brothers now own their own Binatone groups operating in different parts of the world, whilst Katar has founded Vitabiotics. Today Binatone International Limited is one of the largest privately owned consumer electronics companies in UK. It enjoys nearly 15% market share in the domestic telephone sector in UK.
Other assets include the £32m Royal Phuket Marina of which only the first phase has been completed. He featured in the article of Millionaire Asia.
He was a long term friend of Alan Sugar
and sold him his first products for the beginnings of Amstrad.
He became a vegan after watching the documentary Eating by Mike Anderson, and convinced Steve Wynn to do the same.
Binatone
Binatone is a private company owned by brothers Partap and Gulu Lalvani. Binatone was started in the United Kingdom in 1958 to import and distribute consumer electronics...
, the world’s second largest manufacturer of digital cordless phones.
Lalvani, born in Karachi and raised in Bombay, came to Britain as a student. He was born to Marwari
Marwari
Marwari may refer to:* Marwar, a region in Rajasthan, India* Marwari language, a language of the Marwar region* Marwaris, people from the Marwar region* Muslim Marwaris, Muslim people from the Marwar region living in Karachi Pakistan...
Jain family. He founded Binatone in 1958 with his brothers Katar and Partap to import radios from Hong Kong. In 1989, Partap and he divided the business geographically and both brothers now own their own Binatone groups operating in different parts of the world, whilst Katar has founded Vitabiotics. Today Binatone International Limited is one of the largest privately owned consumer electronics companies in UK. It enjoys nearly 15% market share in the domestic telephone sector in UK.
Other assets include the £32m Royal Phuket Marina of which only the first phase has been completed. He featured in the article of Millionaire Asia.
He was a long term friend of Alan Sugar
Alan Sugar
Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar is a British entrepreneur, media personality and political advisor. From humble origins in the East End of London, Sugar now has an estimated fortune of £770m , and was ranked 89th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2011...
and sold him his first products for the beginnings of Amstrad.
He became a vegan after watching the documentary Eating by Mike Anderson, and convinced Steve Wynn to do the same.