Biocon MD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw named EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Executive Chairperson and Managing Director of Biocon Limited, has been named EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year for 2020.

The Biocon MD was picked from among 46 nominations from 41 countries.

She also becomes the second woman to hold the title, following Olivia Lum of Hyflux Limited from Singapore in 2011.

Kiran, 67, founded Biocon, a bio-enzymes company, in 1978 with just two employees and  $500. The company is now employs more than 11,000 people.

“My business focus is global health care and the provision of universal access to life saving medicine; however, my responsibility as an