Samprada Singh

Samprada Singh
Born 1925
Jehanabad, Bihar, India [1]
Residence Mumbai, Maharashtra
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Patna University (B.Com)
Occupation Founder and chairman of Alkem Laboratories
Net worth US$3.3 billion (October 2017) [2]
Website alkemlabs.com

Samprada Singh is the founder and chairman of Alkem Laboratories [3] , which develops, manufactures, and markets pharmaceutical formulations and neutraceuticals in India. It has operations in Europe, Africa, the Asia pacific, South America, the United States and India.[4]

Alkem Laboratories is now the 5th largest pharmaceutical company in India. As of 2017 Samprada Singh has an estimated net worth of $3.3 billion.

Early life and business career

Samprada Singh was born in Jehanabad, Bihar. Singh founded Alkem Laboratories Ltd along with his younger brother Basudeo Narayan Singh, in 1973 and serves as its chairman and his brother is the current managing director of Alkem.[3]

Honours and awards

  • In 2009, Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit & Awards founded by Satya Brahma awarded Samprada Singh with Lifetime Achievement Award for building Alkem as a top Indian Pharma Company.
  • In 2017 Samprada Singh received the Ernst and Young 'Entrepreneur of the Year in Healthcare and Life Sciences'.[5]
  • In 2017 Samprada Singh is ranked as the 43rd richest man in India by Forbes Magazine.

References

  1. ↑ "Bihar origin Samprada Singh is 48th richest Indian". www.bihartimes.in. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  2. ↑ "Samprada Singh & family". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. 1 2 Samprada Singh. "Samprada Singh: Executive Profile & Biography – Businessweek". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
  4. ↑ Ramesh Narayan (7 February 2008). "A patriarch in winter". Business Line. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
  5. ↑ Announcement (9 April 2009). "Pharma Leadership Summit brings together healthcare fraternity". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
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