Tony Langley is a British industrial entrepreneur who established Langley Holdings in 1975 and continues as its chairman and chief executive. He founded the business in Nottinghamshire, initially supplying equipment to the UK coal industry and later expanding into steel, oil, gas and diversified manufacturing. The earliest years of the business focused on domestic markets, but from the mid-1980s, the group began internationalising and acquiring under-performing engineering companies.

Under Langley’s leadership, the group executed a sustained acquisition strategy, buying companies such as Clarke Chapman (2000), Claudius Peters (2002) and Bergen Engines (2021) among others, which helped scale the enterprise into a global industrial platform. The business now operates through over 90 subsidiaries across Germany, France, Italy, Norway, the US and the UK, employing more than 5,000 people and generating revenues in excess of £1bn. Langley is known for his long-term investment mindset, hands-on leadership style and emphasis on operational autonomy for each subsidiary.

Beyond the business, he pursues interests in yachting and aviation, reflecting a broader culture of performance, precision and global outlook. Langley continues to chair Langley Holdings, nurturing its growth across international markets while maintaining the culture of entrepreneurial engineering excellence from which the group emerged.