Portrait of Mahima Datla

Rank #1407

Mahima Datla

Net worth $3.0B

Vaccines · India

Born
Jul 16, 1977
Age
48
Source
Vaccines
Residence
Hyderabad
Citizenship
India
Marital status
Single
Children
0
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration, Webster University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Mahima Datla is the managing director of Biological E, a privately held vaccine producer, in which she holds a controlling stake.
  • The Hyderabad-based company's portfolio includes Corbevax, a Covid-19 vaccine developed in partnership with Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
  • Biological E has 10 vaccines pre-qualified by the World Health Organization including those against polio, tetanus and measles. It exports vaccines to more than 130 countries.
  • Biological E was founded in 1953 by her paternal and maternal grandfathers.
  • In July 2025 Bioligcal E struck a licensing agreement with China's Jiangsu Recbio Technology to manufacture and commercialize HPV vaccines to combat cancer.
  • Datla has a bachelor's degree in business management from London's Webster University. She became managing director in 2013.
  • In 2022, she won a nearly decade-long battle with her mother over the company's ownership that went up to India's Supreme Court.