Portrait of Girdhari Lal Bawri

Rank #2279

Girdhari Lal Bawri

Net worth $1.8B

Pharmaceuticals · India

Born
Aug 03, 1947
Age
78
Source
Pharmaceuticals
Residence
Mumbai
Citizenship
India
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Girdharilal Bawri is the chairman of Macleods Pharmaceuticals, one of India's leading pharma firms.
  • Bawri, whose family owned a pharmacy in Jaipur, set up Macleods Pharmaceuticals in 1986 with his two siblings to make anti-TB medicines.
  • Macleods produces generics for a range of diseases including asthma, osteoporosis and diabetes.
  • His younger brother Banwarilal Bawri is joint managing director of Macleods. While his other younger brother Rajendra Agrawal passed away in November 2025.
  • Bawri and his two siblings 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.?