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Satyanarayana Chava

India 65 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
pharmaceuticals
Industry
Healthcare
Residence
Hyderabad
Education
Andhra University (Bachelor of Science)
Andhra University (Master of Science)
Marital Status
Married
Children
2

Assets

  • Laurus Labs
    125,740,000 shares @ -
    -
    540222-IN

Biography

Satyanarayana Chava is the founder and CEO of Laurus Labs, a pharma and biotech company in Hyderabad, in southern India.

Chava worked in the pharma sector for two decades before starting Laurus Labs as an R&D firm in 2005.

Today, the $658 million (revenue) company supplies pharma ingredients for drugs to treat HIV, cancer, asthma and diabetes.

Chava remains passionate about research spending 25% of his time in the labs and getting involved with new products.

About

Chava is listed as an inventor, along with others, in 145 patents granted to his company.

In his spare time, Chava enjoys cooking Indian food and sweets.