Ajay Piramal

Ajay Piramal is an Indian billionaire industrialist, and the chairman of the Piramal Group, a conglomerate with interests in pharmaceutical, financial services, real estate, healthcare analytics and glass packaging.

  • Ajay Piramal chairs Piramal Enterprises, a company with interests in pharma, healthcare and financial services.
  • Piramal started out in his family’s textile business at age 22 in 1977 but went on to build a pharma empire through acquisitions.
  • Piramal inked his biggest deal in 2010 when he sold his domestic formulations business to Abbott Labs for $3.8 billion.
  • Piramal’s wife Swati is vice-chairman while his daughter Nandini and son Anand have board seats.

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