Langley has constructed a global industrial group from the ashes of his family’s mining equipment manufacturer. F. S. Hunt &. Co was dissolved in 1975 with competitors snapping up the best equipment. Aged just 20 at the time, Langley used the unwanted dregs of the business to revamp and relaunch as Langley Holdings - hiring his father soon after he started. The pair initially concentrated on manufacturing kit for coal miners before branching out into industrial equipment for steel, oil and gas companies. The Nottinghamshire-based group now employs more than 5,000 people and has 90 subsidiaries making everything from printing presses to ship engines. Annual sales exceed £1bn and Langley, a passionate sailor, remains very much at the helm.