Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Indian entrepreneur (Biocon), billionaire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 23 March 1953) is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur.[3] She is the executive chairperson and founder of Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited,[4] a biotechnology company based in Bangalore, India[5] and the former chairperson of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.[6] In 2014, she was awarded the Othmer Gold Medal for outstanding contributions to the progress of science and chemistry.[7][8][9][10][11] She was on the Financial Times 2011 top 50 women in business list.[12] In 2019, she was listed as the 68th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.[13] She was named EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2020.[14] She was married to John Shaw.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw | |
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Born | Kiran Mazumdar (1953-03-23) 23 March 1953 (age 71) Bangalore, Mysore State, India |
Alma mater | Bangalore University (B.Sc.) Melbourne University (M.S.) |
Occupation | Founder & chairperson of Biocon |
Spouse |
John Shaw
(m. 1998; died 2022) |
Awards | Othmer Gold Medal (2014) |