What is Cyrus Poonawalla worth?

Founder of Serum Institute of India · age 85

Cyrus Poonawalla photo

the estimate

$28.8B

≈ ₹2.5 lakh crore

As of 2026 Estimate confidence low

At $28.8B, Cyrus Poonawalla sits inside the top 1% of U.S. households, which starts around $13.7M.

How we got this number

The midpoint follows the most recent public estimates and reporting on record. The range is lolopop's uncertainty band, not a disclosed figure. No audited balance sheet, portfolio, debt schedule, contract terms, or tax records are public, so treat it as an order of magnitude.

Forbes· DQYDJ

  • Millionaire? Yes based on the $28.8B estimate
  • Billionaire? Yes the estimate clears $1B
  • In the top 1%? Yes the U.S. top 1% starts near $13.7M

education

  • Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce

where the money comes from

Poonawalla's fortune comes from the Serum Institute of India, which he founded in 1966 and grew into the world's largest vaccine maker by doses, producing over 1.5 billion doses a year for measles, polio, flu and other diseases, including the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covishield shot distributed widely during the pandemic.

Beyond vaccines, his assets include a majority stake in the listed lender Poonawalla Fincorp and a stake in the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Pune.

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