Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Biotechnology, Bengaluru. Mazumdar-Shaw, a trained brewer who could not find brewing work in India as a woman, founded Biocon in a garage in 1978 to make industrial enzymes. She moved it into insulin, statins and later biosimilars, cheaper versions of biological drugs, building one of India's first serious biotech companies when banks doubted the sector. She remains executive chairperson.