Rank #480
Samir Mehta
Net worth $7.8B
Pharmaceuticals, power · India
- Born
- Sep 18, 1963
- Age
- 62
- Source
- Pharmaceuticals, power
- Residence
- Ahmedabad
- Citizenship
- India
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Samir Mehta gets the bulk of his wealth from Torrent Pharmaceuticals, flagship of his family's Ahmedabad-based Torrent Group.
- The 67-year-old company was founded by his late father Uttambhai Nathalal Mehta, who was a salesman for Swiss pharma giant Sandoz.
- He also has a stake in Torrent Power, which provides electricity in his home state of Gujarat and two other states.
- While Samir Mehta runs the pharma unit, his older sibling Sudhir's son, Jinal, oversees the power firm.
- In February 2026, Torrent Pharma completed the acquisition of a 48% stake in rival JB Chemicals for $1.3 billion.
- His father started his career as a government clerk in 1944.
- His sons Aman and Shaan work in the pharma business.
- To mark the birth centenary of their late father, he and his billionaire brother Sudhir committed over $600 million to the family's UNM Foundation in 2024.
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