Portrait of Satyanarayana Chava

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Satyanarayana Chava

Net worth $1.8B

pharmaceuticals · India

Born
Mar 10, 1961
Age
65
Source
pharmaceuticals
Residence
Hyderabad
Citizenship
India
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Science, Andhra University; Master of Science, Andhra University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Satyanarayana Chava is the founder and CEO of Laurus Labs, a pharma and biotech company in Hyderabad, in southern India.
  • Chava worked in the pharma sector for two decades before starting Laurus Labs as an R&D firm in 2005.
  • Today, the $658 million (revenue) company supplies pharma ingredients for drugs to treat HIV, cancer, asthma and diabetes.
  • Chava remains passionate about research spending 25% of his time in the labs and getting involved with new products.
  • Chava is listed as an inventor, along with others, in 145 patents granted to his company.
  • In his spare time, Chava enjoys cooking Indian food and sweets.

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