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Banwari Lal Bawri

India 73 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Pharmaceuticals
Industry
Healthcare
Residence
Mumbai
Marital Status
Married
Children
2

Biography

Banwari Lal Bawri is the joint managing director of privately held Macleods Pharmaceuticals, one of India's leading pharma firms.

Bawri, whose family owned a pharmacy in Jaipur, set up Macleods Pharmaceuticals with two siblings in 1986 to make anti-TB medicines.

Macleods produces generics for a range of diseases including asthma, osteoporosis and diabetes.

Older brother Girdharilal Bawri is chairman of Macleods. While younger brother Rajendra Agarwal passed away in November 2025.

About

Bawri and his two brothers live together with their families in the same building in Mumbai.

The company was named after John Macleod, a Scottish doctor and author of medical textbooks.