What is Dilip Shanghvi worth?

Founder of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries · age 70

the estimate

$27.5B

≈ ₹2.4 lakh crore

As of 2026 Estimate confidence low

At $27.5B, Dilip Shanghvi 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 $27.5B estimate
  • Billionaire? Yes the estimate clears $1B
  • In the top 1%? Yes the U.S. top 1% starts near $13.7M

education

  • University of Calcutta Bachelor of Commerce

where the money comes from

Shanghvi's fortune comes almost entirely from his controlling stake in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, India's most valuable listed pharmaceutical company, which generates several billion dollars in annual revenue with a large share from overseas markets.

He built the business from a single psychiatric-drug plant into a global generics and specialty player through acquisitions such as Ranbaxy and, more recently, the agreed purchase of Organon, keeping him among the wealthiest people in India.

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