Karan Bilimoria is the founder and chairman of UK-based Cobra Beer. He has launched or founded several other companies in his career including General Bilimoria Wines, Tandoori Magazine, curryzone.com, and Cobrabyte Technologies. Karan started his career at Ernst & Young in 1982 and later served as a consulting accountant at Cresvale Ltd. in London (part of S&W Beresford). He has also worked for the European Accounting Focus magazine. Karan received his law degree from Cambridge University and has won numerous awards for entrepreneurship. Awarded the Commander of the British Empire (CBE) as part of Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Honors List 2004, Karan was appointed to the House of Lords in May 2006. |