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{{Infobox person
| name = Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia
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| birth_name = Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1958|10}}
| birth_place = [[Kampala, Uganda]]
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| nationality = [[British Indians|British-Indian]]
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| occupation = Businessman and Entrepreneur
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| known for = Founder of [[Euro Car Parts]] <BR> Non-Executive Chairman of Dominvs Group
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| spouse = Rani Ahluwalia
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'''Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia''' (born October 1958)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/EE-aKRDfioBTmNtwbC4aLBLq3vo/appointments|title=Sukhpal AHLUWALIA - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-03-02}}</ref> is a [[British Indians|British-Indian]] businessman and entrepreneur based in [[London]].

He is founder and Non-Executive Chairman of Dominvs Group, a real estate, hospitality and [[Asset management|asset management company]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=UK Indian billionaires|language=en-US|work=The Financial Express|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/uk-indian-billionaires/1255972/|access-date=2018-03-02}}</ref> Ahluwalia also is founder and former [[Executive chairperson|Executive Chairman]] of car parts [[Distributor (business)|distributor]] [[Euro Car Parts]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/8806947/Sukhpal-Singh-Ahluwalia-sells-Euro-Car-Parts-for-225m-after-starting-it-with-5000.html|title=Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia sells Euro Car Parts for £225m after starting it with £5,000|last=Osborne|first=Alistair|date=2011-10-05|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-05-21|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Born in [[Kampala, Uganda]] into an Indian Sikh family, Ahluwalia’s parents [[Emigration|emigrated]] to the UK when Ahluwalia was 13 years old to escape [[Expulsion of Asians from Uganda|persecution under Idi Amin]] in 1972.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/10778532/Asian-entrepreneur-moves-on-from-the-Euro-Car-Parts-group-he-founded.html|title=Asian entrepreneur moves on from the Euro Car Parts group he founded|last=Osborne|first=Alistair|date=2014-04-21|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-03-02|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> When they arrived in the UK, the family spent a year in temporary shared accommodation.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/01/16/smallbusiness/euro-car-parts-sukhpal-singh-ahuwalia/index.html|title=How a refugee created 3,500 jobs in Britain|last=Kirby|first=Arthur|work=CNNMoney|access-date=2018-03-02}}</ref>

As a teenager, Ahluwalia spent time in the markets of [[Petticoat Lane Market|Petticoat Lane]] and [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]].<ref name=":1" />

== Career ==

=== Euro Car Parts ===
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Ahluwalia founded Euro Car Parts in 1978 after borrowing £5,000 from his father and bank loan to buy a car parts shop in [[Willesden|Willesden, London]].<ref name=":1" /> The shop, originally called Highway Autos, was renamed Euro Car Parts a year later.<ref name=":1" />

In 1981, Ahluwalia opened a second branch of the company in the Willesden area. The company originally supplied car parts for [[BMW]], [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]], [[Porsche]] and [[Volkswagen|VW]] vehicles. The company expanded to become the leading suppliers of parts, paints and equipment for cars and light commercial vehicles in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia sells Euro Car Parts for £225m after starting it with £5,000|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/8806947/Sukhpal-Singh-Ahluwalia-sells-Euro-Car-Parts-for-225m-after-starting-it-with-5000.html|access-date=2020-09-18|website=The Telegraph|language=en-GB}}</ref>

By 2011, Euro Car Parts employed 3,500 people across 89 locations.<ref name=":2" /> In October 2011, Ahluwalia sold Euro Car Parts to [[LKQ Corporation]] for £280 million, with a supplementary £55 million if targets were met.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://investor.lkqcorp.com/investor-relations/press-releases/press-release-details/2014/LKQ-Corporation-Appoints-Sukhpal-Singh-Ahluwalia-To-Its-Board-Of-Directors/default.aspx|title=LKQ Corporation Appoints Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia To Its Board Of Directors|website=investor.lkqcorp.com|language=en-CA|access-date=2018-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/33c34e92-ee9d-11e0-9a9a-00144feab49a|title=Euro Car Parts sold to LKQ for £225m|last=|first=|date=4 October 2011|website=Financial Times|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-02}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> After the sale, Ahluwalia became Executive Chairman of LKQ Corporation's businesses in the UK, Ireland and India,<ref>{{Cite web|title=LKQ Corporation Announces Director Resignation|url=https://investor.lkqcorp.com/press-releases/press-releases-details/2019/LKQ-Corporation-Announces-Director-Resignation/default.aspx|access-date=2020-09-18|website=investor.lkqcorp.com|language=en-US}}</ref> but stepped down from the board in December 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/jobs-axe-hangs-over-car-parts-distributor-as-top-team-quits-11592771|title = Jobs axe hangs over car parts distributor as top team quits}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
He is married to Rani Ahluwalia and they have three sons who are also involved in the businesses.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia — Official Biography|url=https://www.tenentrepreneurs.org/sukhpal-singh-ahluwalia-biography|access-date=2020-09-18|website=The Entrepreneurs Network|language=en-US}}</ref>

As of May 2018, Ahluwalia is the fourth richest refugee in the UK.<ref>{{Cite news|last=List|first=Robert Watts, Compiler of the Rich|date=2018-05-06|title=Penniless refugees flee war to land on Rich List with £6bn|language=en|work=The Sunday Times|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sunday-times-rich-list-2018-penniless-refugees-flee-war-to-land-on-rich-list-with-6bn-fttwwcx8v|access-date=2018-05-21|issn=0956-1382}}</ref> According to The ''[[Sunday Times Rich List]]'' 2019, the Ahluwalia family have a net worth of £500 million.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Times|first=The Sunday|date=2019-05-12|title=Rich List 2019: profiles 251-298=|newspaper=[[The Times]]|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sunday-times-rich-list-2019-profiles-251-298-lkqrqgnkb|access-date=2019-05-28|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

Ahluwalia plans to move to India in the future.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/philipsalter/2019/08/01/sukhpal-singh-ahluwalia-from-refugee-to-one-of-the-uks-most-successful-entrepreneurs/|title=Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia: From Refugee To One Of The UK's Most Successful Entrepreneurs|last=Salter|first=Philip|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-08-01}}</ref>

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