Portrait of Leena Tewari

Rank #1414

Leena Tewari

Net worth $3.0B

Pharmaceuticals · India

Born
Sep 03, 1957
Age
68
Source
Pharmaceuticals
Residence
Mumbai
Citizenship
India
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Master of Business Administration, Boston University; B.Com, University of Mumbai

Net worth over time

Biography

  • The media-shy heir of a pharma fortune, Leena Tewari chairs privately held USV India, which her late father Vithal Gandhi set up with Revlon in 1961.
  • USV specializes in diabetic and cardiovascular drugs, with a portfolio that spans biosimilar drugs, injectables and active pharmaceutical ingredients.
  • The Mumbai company is run by her husband, Prashant, an Indian Institute of Technology grad and mechanical engineer from Cornell University.
  • Her daughter Aneesha Gandhi Tewari, who has a Ph.D. in molecular biology from MIT, and son Vilas, who founded a gaming outfit in Los Angeles, both have board seats at USV.
  • Tewari loves animals and travels into forests across India.
  • In 2018, USV acquired German generics firm Juta Pharma for an undisclosed sum.