Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Mazumdar-Shaw, India's richest self-made woman, founded India's largest biopharmaceutical firm in 1978.The firm has successfully forayed into the lucrative US biosimilars market, catching the attention of investors and creating a surge in market cap. Biocon became the first company to gain approval from the USFDA for two different biosimilars of drugs used in certain cancer treatments.She's invested in research infrastructure and scientific talent with the aim of building a deep R&D-based biotech firm, not a copycat generics maker.Her philanthropic initiative, The Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, aims to create a sustainable, affordable cancer care model.