Ajay Piramal

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. Piramal also chairs the Shriram Group, a non-banking financial conglomerate, in which his flagship has invested $680 million.