Yusuf Hamied

Yusuf Hamied
Yusuf Hamied
	Hamied (left) receiving Padma Bhushan from the then President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam (right).
Born	25 July 1936; Wilno, Wilno Voivodeship, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania)
Nationality	Indian
Education	Christ's College, Cambridge
Title	Chairman, Cipla
Successor	M. K. Hamied
Spouse	Farida
Children	none
Parent(s)	Khwaja Abdul Hamied, Luba Derczanska
Awards	Padma Bhushan

Yusuf Khwaja Hamied (born 25 July 1936) is an Indian scientist, billionaire businessman and the chairman of Cipla, a generic pharmaceuticals company founded by his father Khwaja Abdul Hamied in 1935. He is also an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy.

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