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Leena Tewari
India 68 years old
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Pharmaceuticals
- Industry
- Healthcare
- Residence
- Mumbai
- Education
- Boston University (Master of Business Administration)University of Mumbai (B.Com)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
Biography
The media-shy heir of a pharma fortune, Leena Tewari chairs privately held USV India, which her late father Vithal Gandhi set up with Revlon in 1961.
USV specializes in diabetic and cardiovascular drugs, with a portfolio that spans biosimilar drugs, injectables and active pharmaceutical ingredients.
The Mumbai company is run by her husband, Prashant, an Indian Institute of Technology grad and mechanical engineer from Cornell University.
Her daughter Aneesha Gandhi Tewari, who has a Ph.D. in molecular biology from MIT, and son Vilas, who founded a gaming outfit in Los Angeles, both have board seats at USV.
About
Tewari loves animals and travels into forests across India.
In 2018, USV acquired German generics firm Juta Pharma for an undisclosed sum.