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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

1953 - Today

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is the 788th most popular businessperson (down from 751st in 2024), the 1,133rd most popular biography from India (down from 1,032nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Indian Businessperson.

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Among people born in 1953, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw ranks 657. Before her are Rigoberto Cisneros, Tommy Shaw, Carie Graves, Rodolfo Dubó, Diane Abbott, and Ian Ferguson. After her are Kate Schmidt, Naledi Pandor, Junior Bridgeman, Steve Keen, Glen Ballard, and Anne Lockhart.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw ranks 1,135 out of 1,861. Before her are Anushka Sharma (1988), Laxmi Agarwal (1990), Rohini Hattangadi (1955), Monisha Kaltenborn (1971), Rajpal Yadav (1971), Yash Johar (1929), David Dhawan (1955), and Mallika Sarabhai (1954). After her are Tara Sutaria (1995), Prabha Atre (1932), Mehboob Khan (1907), and Sidharth Shukla (1980).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In India

Among businesspeople born in India, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw ranks 21. Before her are Anil Ambani (1959), Dwarkanath Tagore (1794), Vijay Mallya (1955), Cyrus Mistry (1968), Nita Ambani (1963), and Dorabji Tata (1859). After her are Pallonji Mistry (1929), Vinod Khosla (1955), Sunita Narain (1961), Indu Jain (1936), Sunil Mittal (1957), and Shantanu Narayen (1963).

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