Angad Paul (6 June 1970 – 8 November 2015) was a British businessman and

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Background and education

Paul was born on 6 June 1970, the youngest son of the billionaire entrepreneur and politician

Swraj Paul, Baron Paul Swraj Paul, Baron Paul, (born 18 February 1931) is an Indian-born British business magnate and philanthropist. In 1996 he was appointed a life peer by Conservative Prime Minister John Major, and sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher w ...

. He attended

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and received a degree in economics from the

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Career

He was

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of Caparo Industries, having taken over from his father in 1996. He also produced films, including ''

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' is a 1998 British black comedy crime film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, produced by Matthew Vaughn and starring an ensemble cast featuring Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Steven Macki ...

'', '' Snatch'', and '' The Tournament''.

Personal life

In March 2005, Paul was married to media lawyer Michelle Bonn in a ceremony held at

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. They had two children.

Death

Paul died on 8 November 2015 after falling from his penthouse home, an eight-storey building in

Portland Place Portland Place is a street in the Marylebone district of central London. Named after the Third Duke of Portland, the unusually wide street is home to BBC Broadcasting House, the Chinese and Polish embassies, the Royal Institute of Britis ...

, central London. The police stated that there were no suspicious circumstances. Nearly three years after Paul's death, the Angad Arts Hotel, named after him, opened in

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, US. In 2016 the movie Eddie the Eagle was dedicated to Paul. "In Memory Of Our Friend Angad Paul" read at the top of the credits. The movie was directed by Dexter Fletcher and produced by Matthew Vaughn, who were part of the team that worked with Paul when he produced 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' in 1998.

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