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Cyrus S. Poonawalla

Entrepreneur · Serum Institute of India · born May 11, 1941

$9.5Bolder estimate, as of 2019 · Forbes

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Cyrus Soli Poonawalla is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman and managing director of the Cyrus Poonawalla Group, which includes the Serum Institute of India, an Indian biotech company which is the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world, and Poonawalla Fincorp, a leading NBFC in India.

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  1. ~25Founded Serum Institute of India1966

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2019$9.5BForbes · current

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