Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Mar 23, 1953(1953-03-23)
Age	71
Birthplace	India
Country	India
Horoscope	Aries

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Biography

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on March 23, 1953 in India, India. Founder and CEO of India’s leading biotech firm Biocon and one of India’s richest women.

She carried on the legacy of Jamsetji Tata , founder of the Tata Group and another well-known Indian entrepreneur.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 23 March 1953) is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur. She is the chairperson and managing director of Biocon Limited, a biotechnology company based in Bangalore, India and the former chairperson of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. In 2014, she was awarded the Othmer Gold Medal for outstanding contributions to the progress of science and chemistry. She is on the Financial Times’ top 50 women in business list. In 2019, she is listed as the 65th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.

Her father, Rasendra Mazumdar, was the head brewmaster at United Breweries. He suggested that she study fermentation science, and train to be a brewmaster, a very non-traditional field for women. Mazumdar went to Ballarat College, Melbourne University in Australia to study malting and brewing. In 1974, she was the only woman enrolled in the brewing course and topped in her class. She earned the degree of master brewer in 1975.

She married John Shaw, a Scotsman, who ran a textile firm in Indian from 1991 to 1998.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Net Worth

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is one of the richest Entrepreneur from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She graduated from Bangalore University with a degree in Zoology in 1973.

She had to overcome doubts and resistance from banks and from society to build her business.

Kiran Mazumdar was born on 23 March 1953 in Pune, Maharashtra state, to Bengali parents. She was educated at Bangalore’s Bishop Cotton Girl’s High School, graduating in 1968. She then attended Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, a women’s college offering pre-university courses as an affiliate of Bangalore University. She studied biology and zoology, graduating from Bangalore University with a bachelor’s degree in zoology in 1973. Mazumdar hoped to go to medical school, but could not obtain a scholarship.

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Who is Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Dating?

According to our records, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw married to John Shaw. As of December 1, 2023, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw’s is not dating anyone.

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Biocon Biochemicals of Ireland was acquired from Leslie Auchincloss by Unilever in 1989. The partnership with Unilever helped Biocon to establish global best practices and quality systems. In 1997, Unilever sold its specialty chemicals division, including Biocon, to Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI). In 1998, Kiran Mazumdar’s fiancée, Scotsman John Shaw, personally raised $2 million to purchase the outstanding Biocon shares from ICI. The couple married in 1998, whereupon she became known as Kiran Mazumdar- Shaw. John Shaw left his position as chairman at Madura Coats to join Biocon. He became Biocon’s vice chairman in 2001.

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Kiran Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw celebrates birthday on March 23 of every year.

Mazumdar spearheaded Biocon’s evolution from an industrial enzymes manufacturing company to a fully integrated bio-pharmaceutical company with a well-balanced business portfolio of products and a research focus on diabetes, oncology and auto-immune diseases. She also established two subsidiaries: Syngene (1994) which provides early research and development support services on a contract basis and Clinigene (2000) which focuses on clinical research trials and the development of both generic and new medicines. Clinigene was later merged with Syngene. Syngene was listed on BSE/NSE in 2015 and has a current market cap of ₹14,270 crores.

Is Kiran Mazumdar Shaw a billionaire?

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is India’s richest self-made woman , founder, chair and MD of Biocon Ltd. She ranks 72nd in the Forbes World’s 100 Most Powerful Women’ with a net worth of US$ 3.7billion.

Is Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Self-made?

Three Indian women – Falguni Nayar of Nykaa, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw of Biocon and Radha Vembu of Zoho – feature in the latest Hurun list of women self-made billionaires (Hurun Richest Self-Made Women in the World 2022).

How did Kiran Mazumdar Shaw became the wealthiest woman in India?

After a wildly successful initial public stock offering the following year, Biocon’s stock-market value skyrocketed , and Mazumdar-Shaw, with a nearly 40 percent stake in the company, became the richest woman in India.

Who is the husband of Kiran Mazumdar Shaw?

John Shaw

How much is Kiran Mazumdar Shaw worth?

3.2 billion USD (2022)