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Hasmukh Chudgar & family

India 92 years old Self-Made

Overview

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

Biography

Low profile Hasmukh Chudgar founded generics maker Intas Pharmaceuticals in 1977.

Chudgar has long handed over operations to his sons Nimish and Binish, who run the $3.5 billion (revenue) company.

In August 2025, Intas Pharma acquired biosimilar company Udenyca from California-based Coherus Life Sciences for $558 million.

The company's portfolio includes an affordable drug to treat breast cancer called Eleftha, which is similar to Roche's Herceptin.

In 2022, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority bought a 3% stake in Intas from Temasek.

About

Chudgar's third son Urmish heads the company's biopharma business and is a haematologist-oncologist.

The company's biggest markets are Europe and India.