Rank #384
Pankaj Patel
Net worth $9.2B
Pharmaceuticals · India
- Born
- Mar 19, 1953
- Age
- 73
- Source
- Pharmaceuticals
- Residence
- Ahmedabad
- Citizenship
- India
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Gujarat University; Master of Science, Gujarat University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Indian pharma magnate Pankaj Patel controls listed company Zydus Lifesciences (formerly Cadila Healthcare), which was cofounded by his late father in 1952 to make vitamins.
- A pharmacy grad, Patel joined the firm in 1976 and took charge in 1995 after a formal separation between the two founding families.
- The $2.75 billion (revenue) pharmaceutical company is headquartered in Ahmedabad.
- His son Sharvil Patel has been the company's managing director since 2017.
- In August 2025, consumer arm Zydus Wellness acquired U.K.-based vitamins and minerals firm Comfort Click for about $325 million.
- Patel chairs the board of governors of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and is chairman of the board of governors of the Institute of Management Udaipur.
- Fellow billionaire Bhadresh Shah and Upasana Konidela, the granddaughter of healthcare billionaire Prathap Reddy, have board seats at Zydus Lifesciences.
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