Desh Bandhu Gupta Age, Wiki and Bio

Desh Bandhu Gupta

Quick Info

ProfessionBusinessman
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth30/11/1938
Age85 years
BirthplaceRajgarh, Alwar, Rajasthan, India

Physical Stats & More

Height165 cm
Weight65 kg
Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorWhite

Educational Qualification(s)

CollegeNot Known
DegreeM.Sc. Chemistry

Personal Life

HometownRajgarh, Alwar, Rajasthan, India
ReligionHinduism
Hobbies
  • Teaching
  • Reading
  • Doing Charity
  • Doing Vipassana (a form of meditation)

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
SpouseManju
Children
SonNilesh Gupta
Daughters
  • Vinita Gupta
  • 3 more

Family

FatherNot Known
MotherNot Known
Siblings
BrotherNot Known
SisterNot Known

Career

Facts
  • He was born in a family of teachers in a small town of Alwar, Rajasthan.
  • Since his school days, he developed an interest in science.
  • After attaining his master’s degree in Chemistry, he harbored an ambition to become a teacher at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani.
  • In the early 1960s, he moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) with his wife.
  • For a few years, he worked in a British pharmaceutical company named “May and Baker.”
  • He started Lupin Pharmaceutical borrowing his wife’s savings, which became India’s 2nd biggest pharma company globally.
  • In October 1988, he set up Lupin Human Welfare and Research Foundation (LHWRF) to eradicate poverty from India.
  • He was a practitioner of Vipassana meditation and was a trustee of the Global Vipassana Foundation.
  • Gupta was the chairman of ISKCON, Juhu Temple.
  • Received various awards including Lifetime Achievement Award and Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
  • In 2015, Forbes listed him as the world’s 25th richest person with a net worth of $7.2 billion.

Some Lesser Known Facts

It is not known whether Desh Bandhu Gupta smoked.
There is no information available about Desh Bandhu Gupta's alcohol consumption.