Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Indian businessperson, Founder and Chairperson, Biocon; billionaire · India · On the map · Founders · Born 1953 · age 73
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw 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.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is read about 269 times a day, in 33 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 4 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 103 days, one point a day.
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In their own words 9
, I really believe that entrepreneurship is about being able to face failure, manage failure, and succeed after failing
Innovation and commerce are as powerful tools for creating social progress as they are for driving technological advancement
My big idea is to marry affordability and access to ensure that we leverage innovation to develop affordable, cutting-edge therapies for chronic diseases.
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About this person
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.
