Adar Poonawalla is an Indian businessman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Serum Institute of India. The company was founded by his father Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla (Vaccine King of India) in 1966 and it is the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer as of 2017. After completing her graduating from the University of Westminster, London, Adar Poonawalla joined the Serum Institute of India in 2001 and become CEO in 2011.
He made the headlines when Serum Institute claimed that his institute is in partnership with the British company and will supply the COVID-19 vaccine to the world developed by Oxford University, England. He received many business and philanthropy awards from CNBC, CNN, Economic Times and Hurun.
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Adar Poonawalla Wiki/Biography
Born on 14 January 1981, Adar Poonawalla’s age is 39 Years as of 2021. He was born and brought up in a well-educated family from Pune, Maharashtra, India. His zodiac sign is Leo.
He completed his early schooling at Bishops School in Pune, Maharashtra. After that, he enrolled himself at St. Edmund’s School in Canterbury Kent, United Kingdom from where he completed his higher schooling. Later went to the University of Westminster, London from where he completed his graduate course.
Since childhood, he was inclined towards joining his father’s business and expanding it across the globe by exporting its products in various countries. In 2001, he joined the Serum Institute after completing graduating from London.
Full Name
Adar Poonawalla
Date of Birth
14 January 1981
Age
39 Years
Birth Place
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Profession
Businessman
Known For
CEO of the Serum Institute of India
Term
2011 – Present
Nationality
Indian
Hometown
Maharashtra
Caste
Parsi
Zodiac Sign
Leo
School
Bishops School in Pune, MaharashtraSt. Edmund’s School in Canterbury Kent, United Kingdom
College / University
The University of Westminster, London
Education Qualification
Graduate
Net Worth
$11.5 Billion
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Family, Girlfriend & Relationships
Adar Poonawalla belongs to an educated Parsi family from Pune, Maharashtra, India. He follows the Parsee religion and holds an Indian nationality.
His father’s name is Cyrus Poonawalla who is the founder of the Serum Institute of India.
Adar Poonawalla Father
His mother’s name is Villoo Poonawalla who died in 2010. He is the only child to his parents and was brought up with the utmost care in the family.
Adar Poonawalla Mother
Adar Poonawalla Parents
Adar Poonawalla’s marital status is married. His wife’s name is Natasha Poonawalla who is an Indian businesswoman, chairperson of the Villoo Poonawalla Foundation and executive director of Serum Institute of India.
Adar Poonawalla Wife
The couple met for the first time at a new year’s party in Goa, India hosted by Vijay Mallya. After dating for a long time, they decided to tie their knots in 2006 in the presence of their parents and other close family members.
The couple also blessed with two sons, his elder son’s name is Cyrus who was born in 2009 and his younger son’s name is Darius who was born in 2015.
Adar Poonawalla Son
Adar Poonawalla Family
Father Name
Cyrus Poonawalla
Mother Name
Villoo Poonawalla (Died in 2010)
Girlfriend
Natasha Poonawalla
Marital Status
Married
Wife Name
Natasha Poonawalla
Children
Cyrus and Darius
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Physical Appearance
Adar Poonwalla is a good looking handsome man with an attractive personality. He has a strong body build up with an impressive physique.
He is 5 feet and 10 inches tall and his body weight is around 76 Kg. He has black color hair also has black color eyes. He didn’t have any tattoo painted on his body.
Height (approx)
in centimeters: 179 cmin meters: 1.79 min feet inches: 5’ 9”
Weight (approx)
in kilograms: 76 kgin pounds: 167 lbs
Eye Colour
Black
Hair Colour
Black
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Career
Adar Poonawalla started his career after the completion of his graduate course. He joined his father’s Serum Institute in 2001 and especially concentrated on the company’s international market by exporting its products in nearly 35 countries across the globe.
He also worked on getting new products licensed and pre-qualified by the World Health Organization. He started supplying his company’s products to United Nations Agencies like UNICEF and PAHO.
After Adar joined the company, they started exporting their products to almost 140 countries and 85 percent of their total revenue is from overseas. Later on, he became the CEO of the Serum Institute with full control of the company’s day to day operations.
In 2012, his company acquired a Netherland-based government vaccine manufacturing company Bilthoven Biologicals and in 2017 he acquired the Praha Vaccine Limited in the Czech Republic.
In 2014, his Serum Institute has initiated and launched an oral polio vaccine which later became a bestseller product of the company. As per reports, he also planned to expand the product portfolio and decided to include vaccines for dengue, flu, and cervical cancer.
As the CEO of the company every year, he plans to launch a new vaccine for public health and to expand his product portfolio.
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Awards
Adar Poonawalla received many prestigious awards for his incredible works in the field of public health. In 2016, he has been awarded as the Philanthropist of the year by the GQ Magazine.
He also received the Humanitarian Endeavour Award in the Hall of Fame Awards in 2017. In the same year, he also awarded as the Indian of the year in the CSR business category by CNN-News 18.
In 2018, he won the Business Leader of the Year Award, presented by the former chief minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis at the Edge Maharashtra Achievers Awards function.
Later in the same year, he won the CNBC Asia’s award for Corporate Social Responsibility of the year by CNBC TV18 at Indian Business Leader Awards.
Contact Details
Phone Number
2026993900
Email ID
[email protected]
Residence Address
212/2, Hadapsar, Off Soli Poonawalla Road,Pune 411028, India.
Instagram
@adarpoonawalla
Facebook
@adarpoonawalla
Twitter
@adarpoonawalla
Facts and Information
Adar Poonawalla made headlines many times in his career. In 2013, he made headlines after Forbes India named him as one of the “Four Scions to Watch Out For”, later that year he hosted Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall for a private visit at his Serum Institute’s manufacturing facility in India. In 2014, he and his father bid a whopping amount of 550 million Euros for the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
In 2014, Cyrus Poonawalla group had invested 100 Crore rupees for clean Pune initiative and the Clean City initiative was inaugurated at Serum Institute of India, Pune by former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis. This Clean City initiative works in the areas of water purification and toilet for women.
In 2016, he hosted Prime Minister Shree Narendra Modi Ji to show what his company is doing and achieving in the field of vaccines and his other initiatives at his company’s headquarters in Pune, Maharashtra. In 2017, Prime Minister nominated him as the brand ambassador for Prime Minister’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
In 2020, he made headlines when he claimed that his institute is in partnership with a British company as the Oxford vaccine candidate for COVID-19. He also stated that they have the manufacturing and distribution rights of the vaccine and they will distribute it across GAVI countries.
He also added that 50 percent of the vaccine will be available for India and rest they will distribute in other GAVI countries. They also had partnered with American companies to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines and hope to announce it soon.
He also claimed that they had started the manufacturing process at their risk and once they get necessary regulatory approvals they will start manufacturing in huge volumes. They can manufacture around 300 million doses by the end of this year.
Recently he made headlines when he gave a funny reply to Mr. Anand Mahindra on his tweet regarding the “Big V” vaccine.
As we know Amitabh Bachchan was found corona positive a month back but some days before he was discharged from the hospital on which Anand Mahindra tweeted “Welcome back @SrBachchan As I had said, you possessed an inbuilt vaccine codenamed the Big V. Now we need @adarpoonawalla to find a way to extract it from you, manufacture it & give us all a dose…”.
In reply, Adar Poonawalla tweeted ” Haha! good one @anandmahindra, my scientists are working on it! and great to have you back, @SrBachchan.”
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