Rank: 96
Net worth $655 million (As of October 2013)
Age: 60
Source of Wealth: biotechnology, self-made
Residence: Bangalore, India
Country of Citizenship: India
Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Bangalore University; Master of Science, Melbourne University
Marital Status: Married
Forbes say Shaw is the “wealthiest self-made woman in India“. The magazine ranked her at 96th position. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw founded and runs biotech firm, Biocon, which makes affordable drugs for everything from head and neck cancers to diabetes. Recently she launched Alzumab, a new treatment for chronic psoriasis. An active philanthropist, she recently donated $5 million for a new research unit at her cancer hospital in Bangalore, Forbes said. Biocon has a partnership with Bristol-Myers Squibb for developing an oral insulin. Its insulin plant in Malaysia is due to start production next year.
