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Devi Shetty
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Healthcare
- Residence
- Bangalore
- Education
- University of Mysore (Medical Doctor)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 4
Assets
- Narayana Hrudayalaya129,300,000 shares @ --539551-IN
Biography
Cardiac surgeon Devi Shetty founded and runs Bangalore-based hospital chain Narayana Health.
It has 47 healthcare facilities including a hospital in the Cayman Islands.
U.K.-trained Shetty founded Narayana Health as Narayana Hrudayalaya in the year 2000.
Shetty took the company public in 2015. Biopharma billionaire Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has a small stake in the company.
An ardent advocate of affordable healthcare, Shetty helped design the Yeshasvini scheme, a micro-insurance program in his home state of Karnataka.
About
He's often seen in his trademark blue surgeon's outfit.
Shetty was Mother Teresa's personal physician.
In November 2025, Narayana Health, inked a deal to acquire UK's Practice Plus Group Hospitals for $248 million.