'I have surely been lucky'

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: founded the Caparo Group, which soon developed into one of the leading producers of welded steel tubes and spiral welded pipes in the UK. In 1980, the Natural Gas Tubes Ltd was renamed as Caparo. Today, Caparo Group is an umbrella company, which comprises diversified businesses like steel manufacturing, automotives and general engineering products, tubes, aluminium and iron foundry and hotels. The group also distributes films overseas and has a studio of its own.

It’s a little surprise that Paul is a satisfied man today. Recounting his journey, he says, “It has been more than seven decades and I feel that I certainly have been lucky because God has given me a lot of happiness, reasonable amount of money, status, wonderful wife, children, their spouses and grandchildren. What else do I want? You can be as greedy as you want to be. But you should learn to be satisfied. That is perhaps what I have been able to achieve in life. I’m satisfied with my life.”

His success mantra is simple. Work hard and work with integrity. “Work hard and enjoy what you do. Without hard work one cannot get anything, although luck does play an important role. One cannot choose to do what one wants but one can certainly start enjoying what one has to do.” When it comes to his life, he admits that his wife Aruna runs his life. “One cannot succeed even half as much as one does when one has a good wife. I have been lucky that I have a great wife.” The business tycoon has three sons Ambar, Akash and Angad and one daughter Anjali. Though he handed over his business to his sons around 12 years back, he still he plays a non-executive role in the company.

He adds, “My younger son Angad is the CEO of the Caparo Group and chairman of Caparo India. He is the only one who was not born in India but is positive about India.” Ambar and Akash are on the board of directors. Anjali deals in property in Britain and Dubai. She is also into promotion of Indian and Pakistani art.