✎ About Cyrus Poonawalla

Cyrus Poonawalla was born in Pune, India, India. Son of a race horse breeder, Cyrus Poonawalla founded Serum Institute of India in 1966 and built it into one of the world's largest vaccine makers. Serum produces 1.3 billion doses annually of a range of vaccines, including for measles, polio and flu. His U.K.-educated son Adar is Serum's CEO and helps him run the company. Serum owns Dutch vaccine maker Bilthoven Biologicals and the Czech unit of U.S. firm Nanotherapeutics.
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💰Cyrus Poonawalla Net worth: $22.6 Billion

2009 $1.5 Billion

2010 $2 Billion

2011 $2.3 Billion

2012 $2.9 Billion

2013 $3.9 Billion

2014 $4.9 Billion

2015 $6.6 Billion

2016 $8.5 Billion

2017 $8.1 Billion

2018 $8.61 Billion

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Famous Quotes:

We reach more children than Coca-Cola and PepsiCo can ever hope to.

Awards and nominations:

He was awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to the field of medicine, by the Government of India in 2005.. He also received the “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2005

Biography/Timeline

2005

He was awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to the field of Medicine, by the Government of India in 2005.. He also received the “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2005

2018

As per Forbes March 2018 rankings, Poonawalla's net worth is $9.1 billion and is ranked #10th richest person in India and #170th richest person in the world. He did his schooling from The Bishop's School in Pune, and later graduated from Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, University of Pune, in 1966.

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Businesspeople from Pune Indian billionaires Indian chief executives Indian Zoroastrians Indian businesspeople in the pharmaceutical industry Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine Living people University of Pune alumni 20th-century Indian businesspeople