Cyrus Poonwalla

Cyrus S. Poonawalla From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Cyrus Poonawalla) Jump to navigationJump to search Cyrus S. Poonawalla Citizenship Indian Alma mater Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce Years active 1966–present Organization Serum Institute of India Known for Founder of Serum Institute of India, Horse Racing, Cars Net worth US$9.1 billion (February 2020)[1] Spouse(s) Villoo Poonawalla Children Adar Poonawalla (son) Awards Padma Shri in 2005 Website cyruspoonawalla.com cyruspoonawallagroup.com Cyrus S. Poonawalla (born 1941) is an Indian businessman, the chairman of Poonawalla Group, which includes Serum Institute of India, the Indian biotech company that manufactures paediatric vaccines. Serum Institute exporting vaccines to over 100 countries and one out of every two children in the world was vaccinated by a vaccine of Serum Institute of India. [2] Hurun Global Rich List - 2019 listed Dr. Poonawalla as the 4th richest person in India and 100th in the world with a net worth of $ 13 billion. [3] Contents 1 Education and career 2 Awards 3 Philanthropy 4 References Education and career As per Forbes March 2018 rankings, Poonawalla's net worth is Rs 73,000 crore and is ranked the 7th richest person in India and the 170th richest person in the world.[4] He went to The Bishop's School in Pune, and later graduated from Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, University of Pune, in 1966. Awards He was awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to the field of medicine, by the Government of India in 2005.[5] He also received the “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2005 [6] On 26 June 2019 Poonawalla was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science by the University of Oxford.[7] Philanthropy In May 2019 it was reported that Poonawalla in partnership with Naum Koen have proposed supplying Ukraine with 100 thousand doses of measles vaccine for free vaccination.[8][9]