Cyrus S. Poonawalla
Indian billionaire businessman (born 1941)
Cyrus Soli Poonawalla (born 11 May 1941) is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman and managing director of the Cyrus Poonawalla Group, which includes the Serum Institute of India, an Indian biotech company which is the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world, and Poonawalla Fincorp, a leading NBFC in India. In 2022, he was ranked as the 4th richest person in India on Forbes India rich list with a net worth of $24.3 billion.2
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Born May 11, 1941.1
Net worth $9.5B (as of 2019, per The World's Billionaires).14 Richest people
About
He was ranked number 1 on the Hurun Global Healthcare Rich List 2022.
In October 2024, Poonawalla and his family were ranked ninth on Forbes list of India’s 100 richest tycoons, with a net worth of $22.1 billion.
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Companies
- Serum Institute of IndiaFounder12
Early life and education
Cyrus Soli Poonawalla was born in a Pune based Parsi family; to parents Soli and Gool Poonawalla. His father Soli Poonawalla was a horse breeder.
Poonawalla founded the Serum Institute of India in 1966 and built it into the world's largest vaccine manufacturer (by volume) and supplier to over 140 countries. Serum Institute produces over 1.5 billion doses annually of a range of vaccines, including for measles, polio, and the flu.
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Career
Occupation: businessperson.5
- Date not recordedFounded Serum Institute of India4
Personal life
- BornMay 11, 1941, Pune6
- CitizenshipBritish Raj, Dominion of India, India7
- ResidencePune8
- SpouseVilloo Poonawalla9
Poonawalla was married to Villoo Poonawalla, who died in 2010. Together they have a son, Adar, who currently works as the CEO of Serum Institute of India. He has two grandchildren.
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Philanthropy
In 2011, Cyrus Poonawala started the Villoo Poonawalla Foundation, focussing on education, healthcare, and water & sanitation.
In the healthcare space, the foundation has setup the Villoo Poonawalla Memorial Hospital, a tertiary care multispecialty hospital in Pune providing ethical and affordable medical services. The foundation has setup a number of schools, provided scholarships, improved school infrastructure, and delivered skill development programmes, with a particular focus on supporting underprivileged students.
In May 2019, it was reported that Poonawalla, in partnership with Naum Koen, had proposed supplying Ukraine with 100 thousand doses of the measles vaccine for free vaccination.
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