'A titan of business and a true gentleman'

Iam deeply saddened by the passing of my dear friend Gopichand Hinduja.

- LAKSHMI MITTAL

Popularly known as GP, but always Gopi to me, he cut a colossal figure in global business and London life. Gopi was one of the most remarkable individuals I have had the privilege to befriend. My wife, Usha, and I loved every moment we spent with him and will always cherish those memories.

Gopi was a champion of enterprise whose vision created an Indian global conglomerate long before more familiar ones emerged in the wake of a resurgent Indian economy. With his brothers, the elder and late Srichand, and the younger surviving Prakash and Ashok, he took the Hinduja group into banking, energy, automotives, and technology.

At a time of tumult in British minority communities, Gopi was a global business leader who made it his personal business to seek out an emerging wave of entrepreneurs.

Political elites embraced this new social class and Gopi, doubtless new to corner street shops and pharmacies, happily became a recognisable bridgehead.