Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Mazumdar-Shaw in 2014
Born
Kiran Mazumdar

(1953-03-23) 23 March 1953 (age 71)
Bangalore, Mysore State, India
Alma materBangalore University (B.Sc.)
Melbourne University (M.S.)
OccupationFounder & chairperson of Biocon
Spouse
John Shaw
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(m. 1998; died 2022)​
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AwardsPadma Shri (1989)
Padma Bhushan (2005)
Othmer Gold Medal (2014)

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.

As of 2024, Mazumdar-Shaw is ranked 91st-wealthiest in India, with a net worth of $3.6 billion.[15]

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  13. ^ "World's Most Powerful Women". Forbes. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
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