About Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria
Karan Faridoon Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria, (born 26 November 1961) is a British Indian businessman, member of the House of Lords, and former Chancellor of the University of Birmingham. Bilimoria founded the global beer brand Cobra Beer, and served as the company's chairman until November 2024. In addition to his business activities, Bilimoria is a politically active independent crossbench member of the House of Lords, served as Chancellor of the University of Birmingham from 2014 to 2024, and is the former President of the Confederation of British Industry (2020–2022) and Vice President (2022–2024). == Family background == Karan Bilimoria was born in Hyderabad, India into a Zoroastrian Parsi family which hailed from Gujarat. As the surname 'Bilimoria' denotes, the ancestral home of the family is the small town of Bilimora, situated on the banks of the river Ambika, in Gandevi taluka of Navsari district of Gujarat state. Bilimoria's family had a strong background in trade and commerce, but his father and both his grandfathers served in the Indian armed forces. In 1931, his paternal grandfather, Nasservanji D. Bilimoria, was one of the first Indians to be commissioned as an officer into the Indian Army from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and he retired as a Brigadier. Bilimoria's father, Faridoon Noshir Bilimoria (1933–2005), popularly known as 'General Billy', had a long and distinguished career in the Indian Army. As a young, newly commissioned officer, he served as ADC to the first President of India, Rajendra Prasad. Many years later, he commanded the 2/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
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