Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Indian entrepreneur (born 1953)

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 23 March 1953) is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur. She is the executive chairperson and founder of Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited, a biotechnology company based in Bangalore, India and the former chairperson of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Mar 23, 1953.1

About

In 2014, she was awarded the Othmer Gold Medal for outstanding contributions to the progress of science and chemistry. She was on the Financial Times 2011 top 50 women in business list. In 2019, she was listed as the 68th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. She was named EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2020.

As of 2025, Mazumdar-Shaw is ranked 93rd-wealthiest in India, with a net worth of $3.42 billion.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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