#2248

Girdhari Lal Bawri

India 78 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Pharmaceuticals
Industry
Healthcare
Residence
Mumbai
Marital Status
Married
Children
3

Biography

Girdharilal Bawri is the chairman of Macleods Pharmaceuticals, one of India's leading pharma firms.

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

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

His younger brother Banwarilal Bawri is joint managing director of Macleods. While his other younger brother Rajendra Agrawal passed away in November 2025.

About

Bawri and his two siblings 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.?