DILIP SHANGHVI


Net Worth: $3.1 billion

Age: 53
Marital Status: Married, 2 children
Hometown: Mumbai

Runs Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, India's most valuable drug-maker, which he founded twenty five years ago. Got traction and a presence in Europe and the US, through 13 acquisitions in as many years. Company's 2007 bid to acquire Israel's Taro Pharmaceutical Industries, a generic drugs maker, for $454 million and assumption of debt, is stuck in court over Taro's attempt, backed by stakeholder Franklin Templeton, to reverse the deal.