Gulu Lalvani

Gulu Lalvani (born March 1939) is a British businessman, the founder and chairman of Binatone, a manufacturer of digital cordless phones.

Gulu Lalvani
BornMarch 1939 (age 81)
Karachi, British India (now Pakistan)
OccupationBusinessman
Known forCo-founder of Binatone
Net worth£435 million (2008)
TitleChairman, Binatone
Spouse(s)Vimla Lalvani
Semiramis Pekkan
Children3, including Dino Lalvani
RelativesKartar Lalvani (brother)
Tej Lalvani (nephew)

Early life

Gulu Lalvani, a Sindhi, was born in March 1939, in Karachi, British India (now Pakistan).[1] He emigrated from Pakistan and took Indian citizenship,[2] and was raised in Bombay. He was one of nine brothers and sisters. His youngest sister is the socialite Bina Ramani.

Career

In 1958, Lalvani founded Binatone, once one of the world's largest manufacturers of digital cordless phones.[1] He founded the company with his brother Partap, and they named it after their sister, Bina.[1]

In 2008, his net worth was estimated at £435 million.[3]

Lalvani has substantial interests in Phuket, Thailand, including a villa in Amanpuri.[4]

Personal life

Lalvani lives in Hong Kong.

In 2006, his daughter Divia married Joel Cadbury, son of the businessman Peter Cadbury.[5][6]

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gollark: It seems harder to shield humans and the weird biological processes which get affected against radiation than computers, where it basically just boils down to more redundancy and possibly better materials/processes.
gollark: (there's ECC support in RAM and SSDs and stuff, but as far as I know they just put radiation shielding on for CPUs)
gollark: Stuff is generally not designed for an environment where bits might be flipped randomly at some point, though.
gollark: It's more "error rates increase" than "you slowly die", at least.

References
  1. Moulds, Josephine (7 May 2007). "Top 20 Richest Asians". Retrieved 2 July 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  2. Amstrad's Watkins goes to Binatone, The Independent
  3. Swaine, Jon (19 November 2008). "First British Asian billionaires defy the downturn". Retrieved 26 October 2017 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  4. "Take 5: One-on-one with entrepreneur Gulu Lalvani". www.property-report.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  5. Walker, Tim (24 April 2012). "Joel Cadbury welcomes baby boy". Retrieved 5 May 2019 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  6. "Joel Michael Cadbury, Divia Lalvani, Gulu Lalvani, Society". www.hellomagazine.com. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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