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Apeejay Surrendra Group

Type	Private
Industry	Conglomerate
Founded	1910
Founder	Lala Pyare Lal
Headquarters	Kolkata, India
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Shirin Paul (Chairperson Emeritus) Karan Paul (Group Chairman) Priya Paul (Director) Priti Paul (Director)
Number of employees	43,000
Subsidiaries	Apeejay Tea Typhoo Tea Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Apeejay Shipping Apeejay Oxford Bookstores Apeejay Infralogistics Bengal Shipyard Apeejay Insurance Broking Services The Park Hotels

The Apeejay Surrendra Group is an Indian business conglomerate that was founded in 1910 in Jalandhar by Lala Pyare Lal. In 1951 the headquarters relocated to Kolkata. Surrendra Paul was chairman from 1982 until his murder in 1989. Most of the current senior executives are members of his family.

The companies in the Apeejay Surrendra Group collectively employ 43,000 people. The businesses are tea plantations, fast-moving consumer goods, tea brands, shipping, boutique hotels, commercial real estate, warehousing, business centres, retail brands, bookstores, tea rooms, marine cluster, logistics parks and knowledge parks.

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