Profile of habil khorakiwala

Indian businessman

Habil Khorakiwala is the founder and Chairman of Indian multinationalpharmaceutical 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]

Early life and education

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 Managem