Profil Financier
Pankaj Patel occupe actuellement le rang #382 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur santé & biotech). Fortune nette estimée : $9.5 B (+$277 sur 24h).
Indian pharma magnate Pankaj Patel controls listed company Zydus Lifesciences (formerly Cadila Healthcare), which was cofounded by his late father in 1952 to make vitamins.
A pharmacy grad, Patel joined the firm in 1976 and took charge in 1995 after a formal separation between the two founding families.
The $2.85 billion (revenue) pharmaceutical company is headquartered in Ahmedabad.
His son Sharvil Patel has been the company's managing director since 2017.
In August 2025, consumer arm Zydus Wellness acquired U.K.-based vitamins and minerals firm Comfort Click for about $325 million.
Patel chairs the board of governors of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and is chairman of the board of governors of the Institute of Management Udaipur.
Fellow billionaire Bhadresh Shah and Upasana Konidela, the granddaughter of healthcare billionaire Prathap Reddy, have board seats at Zydus Lifesciences.