Hamied (left) receiving Padma Bhushan from the then President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam (right).
Born
(1936-07-25) 25 July 1936 (age 87)
Wilno, Wilno Voivodeship, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania)
Nationality
Indian
Education
Christ's College, Cambridge
Title
Chairman, Cipla
Successor
M. K. Hamied
Spouse
Farida
Children
none
Parent(s)
Khwaja Abdul Hamied, Luba Derczanska
Awards
Padma Bhushan
Yusuf Khwaja Hamied (born 25 July 1936) is an Indian scientist, billionaire businessman and the chairman of Cipla, a generic pharmaceuticals company founded by his father Khwaja Abdul Hamied in 1935.[1] He is also an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy.[2]
^Sarah Boseley (18 February 2003). "Yusuf Hamied, generic drugs boss | World news". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
^"Fellows Elected 2019" (PDF). Indian National Science Academy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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