Dilip Shanghvi

Dilip Shanghvi (#94)

Global Rank #94

Country Rank #6

Country India

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$ 26 B
Pharmaceuticals
India
M
70 Years

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Global Rank #94

Country Rank #6

Net Worth $26.3B

Previous Worth $26.3B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country India

Industry Pharmaceuticals

Age 70 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 3, 2026

Residence Mumbai, India

Citizenship India

World Billionaires List India Billionaires Pharmaceuticals

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Personal Stats

Age 70

Source Of Wealth Pharmaceuticals, Self Made

Residence Mumbai, India

Citizenship India

Marital Status Married

Children 2

Education Bachelor of Arts/Science, Calcutta University

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $26.3B

Current Net Worth $26.3B

Worth as of May 3, 2026

About Me

The son of a pharmaceuticals distributor, Dilip Shanghvi borrowed $200 from his father to start Sun Pharmaceutical Industries in 1983 to make psychiatric drugs. The company is India's most valuable listed pharma outfit and gets two-thirds of its $6.1 billion annual revenue from overseas markets. He grew Sun through a series of acquisitions, the biggest of which was the 2014 purchase of scandal-tainted rival Ranbaxy Laboratories for $4 billion. Sun Pharma acquired U.S. skin cancer drug maker Checkpoint Therapeutics in May 2025 for $355 million. In February 2025, his son Aalok was appointed as chief operating officer of Sun Pharma.

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#100

Billionaires (2026)

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Photos of Shanghvi's family deity, Shrinathji, adorn Sun's factories and offices.

Shanghvi 's favorite cuisine is south Indian.

In 2023, Sun Pharma completed the $576 million acquisition of U.S.-based Concert Pharmaceuticals.

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Current Net Worth: $26.3B (May 3, 2026)