Habil Khorakiwala | |
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Born | 1942 |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Purdue University, Harvard Business School |
Occupation | Founder chairman of Wockhardt |
Children | 3 |
Habil Khorakiwala is the founder and Chairman of Indian multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Wockhardt. [1] He founded Wockhardt in 1967, [2] which since then has grown into one of the top Indian makers of generic drugs, formulations, biopharmaceuticals, nutrition products, vaccines, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and a chain of advanced Super Speciality Hospitals. [3]
Habil Khorakiwala was born in a Dawoodi Bohra family of Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1942. [4] His father Fakhruddin T. Khorakiwala was the founder of India's first departmental store 'Akbarallys' and also the former Sheriff of Mumbai. [5] He has three children who are handling different divisions of Wockhardt. [6]
He graduated in pharmacy from L.M. College in Ahmedabad and then did a master's degree in Pharmaceutical Science from Purdue University, and an Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School, USA. [7]
Habil Khorakiwala founded Wockhardt Limited in 1967 after taking over his father's Worli Chemical Works. [2] [8] It started as a small firm with only 20 employees, making over-the-counter drugs. Since then, Wockhardt Limited has grown into a multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology firm with manufacturing facilities around the world and more than 7,000 employees. [9] In December 2014, he was appointed as the Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard University. [10] He has also served as Sweden's honorary consul general in Mumbai. [8]
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