He had suffered catastrophic injuries.
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Mr Paul battles to save the business founded by his father Lord Paul.
On Twitter, the Indian entrepreneur Suhel Seth said: “Deeply saddened to learn of the suicide of Angad Paul in London”. Paul was involved in a number of business ventures, and was listed as the executive producer on many of Guy Ritchie’s films including Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and Snatch.
Mr Paul, the youngest of Lord Paul’s three sons, married 40-year-old lawyer Michelle Bonn in 2005 and lived in the apartment complex with his parents and 57-year-old twin brothers Ambar and Akash.
Angad Paul, son of Swraj Paul – an India-born Britain-based business magnate and philanthropist – died after falling from his eighth storeyed penthouse home here, a media report said on Monday.
He was also behind the Caparo T1, which was the world’s fastest supercar when it was launched in 2006.
A source close to Lord Paul said last night: “It is hard, a son is a son”.
In an interview in 2010, the businessman – who was handed the reins of the family group in 1996 – said his work was “never over”, adding: ‘You have to be your own harshest critic.’ He once spent time living with an Amazonian tribe, learning about how they exchanged ideas.
Past year the Birmingham Post reported that Lord Paul’s family was worth an estimated £2 billion.
He was also embroiled in controversy earlier this year over his status as a non-domicile who therefore does not pay United Kingdom income tax on overseas earnings.
Firefighters were called to lead the operation to get him down and paramedics pronounced the 45-year-old dead at the scene in central London.
A statement from the Metropolitan Police confirmed that a man in his mid-40s had fallen from height from a building in Portland Place, WC1, at about 11am on 8 November.
Police have not officially identified the body as Mr Paul, but have informed his next of kin.
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His death is being treated as “non-suspicious” as inquiries continue.
