Lord Swraj Paul second richest person in British Midlands - Soaring worldwide growth of Lo- Navbharat Times Photodhamal

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Soaring worldwide growth of Lord Swraj Paul's steel and engineering empire, the Caparo Group, has elevated the family's worth to the two billion pound mark to make him the second richest person in British Midlands and one of the wealthiest in the country.

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The family-owned company posted profits "in excess" of 50 million pounds on sales of 921 million pounds, according to the Birmingham Post which has placed him at the second position in its annual list of the 50 richest people in the Midlands region.

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Operating from more than 80 locations across the world, Caparo's growing Indian businesses alone are now worth well over 1.5 million pounds, the newspaper said.

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In 2012, the group played a part in the hunt for the "god particle". It supplied components and engineering expertise to CERN for the Large Hadron Collider which finally identified the Higgs boson particle.

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The Caparo Group is reaping the benefits of trading with the world's fastest growing economies. A return to growth in some of its major markets - particularly India - have repaired the group's post-recession fortunes, the newspaper said.

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