Portrait of Banwari Lal Bawri

Rank #2331

Banwari Lal Bawri

Net worth $1.8B

Pharmaceuticals · India

Born
Apr 02, 1953
Age
73
Source
Pharmaceuticals
Residence
Mumbai
Citizenship
India
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Banwari Lal Bawri is the joint managing director of privately held Macleods Pharmaceuticals, one of India's leading pharma firms.
  • Bawri, whose family owned a pharmacy in Jaipur, set up Macleods Pharmaceuticals with two siblings in 1986 to make anti-TB medicines.
  • Macleods produces generics for a range of diseases including asthma, osteoporosis and diabetes.
  • Older brother Girdharilal Bawri is chairman of Macleods. While younger brother Rajendra Agarwal passed away in November 2025.
  • Bawri and his two brothers live together with their families in the same building in Mumbai.
  • The company was named after John Macleod, a Scottish doctor and author of medical textbooks.