UK tycoon Kirit Pathak dies after crash Reports said he was injured in a collision on January 17 and passed away last Saturday, January 23
Kirit Pathak, whose family firm sold the ubiquitous Patak’s Mango Pickle which made bland English food edible for Indians, has died, aged 68, following a car crash in Dubai.
Reports said the tycoon was injured in a collision on January 17 and passed away last Saturday, January 23.
He is survived by his wife, Meena, with whom he built a flourishing food empire in the UK, and their children, Neeraj, Nayan, and Anjali.
The firm was founded by his parents, Lakshmishankar and Shantagaury Pathak in 1957, starting with a small shop near Euston railway station in London. The firm was called Patak’s, with the “h” dropped.
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THE former Bolton boss of the Pathak food empire has died at the 68. Kirit Pathak died on Saturday after reports he had been involved in a car crash nearly a week before in Dubai, where he had emigrated to with his wife Meena. The father-of-three was a well-known Bolton businessman taking over the global brand founded by his parents, the late Laximishanker and Shanta Gaury Pathak, who helped make Indian cuisine one of the nation s popular dishes. Mr Pathak lived on Victoria Road, Heaton, where he raised his children, Neeraj, Anjali and Nayan. With his wife Meena and daughter Anjali continued to run the Leigh-based business.
THE former Bolton boss of the Pathak food empire has died at the 68. Kirit Pathak died on Saturday after reports he had been involved in a car crash nearly a week before in Dubai, where he had emigrated to with his wife Meena. The father-of-three was a well-known Bolton businessman taking over the global brand founded by his parents, the late Laximishanker and Shanta Gaury Pathak, who helped make Indian cuisine one of the nation s popular dishes. Mr Pathak lived on Victoria Road, Heaton, where he raised his children, Neeraj, Anjali and Nayan. With his wife Meena and daughter Anjali continued to run the Leigh-based business.
THE former boss of the Patak food empire has died at the 68. Kirit Pathak died on Saturday after reports he had been involved in a car crash nearly a week before in Dubai, where he had emigrated to with his wife Meena. The father-of-three was a well-known Bolton businessman taking over the global brand founded by his parents, the late Laximishanker and Shanta Gaury Pathak, who helped make Indian cuisine one of the nation s popular dishes. Mr Pathak lived on Victoria Road, Heaton, where he raised his children, Neeraj, Anjali and Nayan. With his wife Meena and daughter Anjali continued to run the Leigh-based business.