Dr Desh Bandhu Gupta: Self-Made Billionaire
MARWAR | Dr Desh Bandhu Gupta, founder of Lupin Limited, ranks #14 among India’s richest. However, rankings don’t mean much to Dr Gupta, who, now 78, believes in the ‘dharma of karma’ and is ever ready to take up new projects and social causes that come his way. MARWAR talks to the deeply spiritual man, who started his business with just Rs 5,000.
“I am ready [for the interview],” announces Dr Desh Bandhu Gupta as he enters his office. Coming from Dr Gupta, a man who has never shied away from challenges, the words couldn’t have rung more true.
Now 78, the founder and chairman of the US 2.6 billion dollar generics firm Lupin Limited, is still as ready to make a change in people’s lives as he was when he launched Lupin in 1968.
We met the septuagenarian at his office in BKC, Mumbai, to discuss his work, family, his philanthropic activities and his dream-turned-reality, Lupin Limited.
