Desh Bandhu Gupta - Age, Wiki and Bio

Profession	Businessman
Nationality	Indian
Date of Birth	30/11/1938
Age	87 years
Birthplace	Rajgarh, Alwar, Rajasthan, India

Physical Stats & More

Height	165 cm
Weight	65 kg
Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	White

Educational Qualification(s)

College	Not Known
Degree	M.Sc. Chemistry

Personal Life

Hometown	Rajgarh, Alwar, Rajasthan, India
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Teaching Reading Doing Charity Doing Vipassana (a form of meditation)

Relationships & More

Marital Status

Married

Spouse

Manju

Children

Son	Nilesh Gupta
Daughters	Vinita Gupta 3 more

Family

Father

Not Known

Mother

Not Known

Siblings

Brother	Not Known
Sister	Not Known

Career

Facts	He was born in a family of teachers in a small town of Alwar, Rajasthan. Since his school days, he developed an interest in science. After attaining his master’s degree in Chemistry, he harbored an ambition to become a teacher at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani. In the early 1960s, he moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) with his wife. For a few years, he worked in a British pharmaceutical company named “May and Baker.” He started Lupin Pharmaceutical borrowing his wife’s savings, which became India’s 2nd biggest pharma company globally. In October 1988, he set up Lupin Human Welfare and Research Foundation (LHWRF) to eradicate poverty from India. He was a practitioner of Vipassana meditation and was a trustee of the Global Vipassana Foundation. Gupta was the chairman of ISKCON, Juhu Temple. Received various awards including Lifetime Achievement Award and Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In 2015, Forbes listed him as the world’s 25th richest person with a net worth of $7.2 billion.

Facts

He was born in a family of teachers in a small town of Alwar, Rajasthan.
Since his school days, he developed an interest in science.
After attaining his master’s degree in Chemistry, he harbored an ambition to become a teacher at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani.
In the early 1960s, he moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) with his wife.
For a few years, he worked in a British pharmaceutical company named “May and Baker.”
He started Lupin Pharmaceutical borrowing his wife’s savings, which became India’s 2nd biggest pharma company globally.
In October 1988, he set up Lupin Human Welfare and Research Foundation (LHWRF) to eradicate poverty from India.
He was a practitioner of Vipassana meditation and was a trustee of the Global Vipassana Foundation.
Gupta was the chairman of ISKCON, Juhu Temple.
Received various awards including Lifetime Achievement Award and Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
In 2015, Forbes listed him as the world’s 25th richest person with a net worth of $7.2 billion.

Some Lesser Known Facts

It is not known whether Desh Bandhu Gupta smoked.
There is no information available about Desh Bandhu Gupta's alcohol consumption.

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