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Satyanarayana Chava

Satyanarayana Chava

Satyanarayana Chava (#1607)

Global Rank #1607
Country Rank #101
Country India

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  • $ 3 B
  • pharmaceuticals
  • India
  • M
  • 65 Years

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Quick Facts

Global Rank #1,607
Country Rank #101
Net Worth $2.6B
Previous Worth $2.5B
Worth Change +$0.1B
Country India
Industry pharmaceuticals
Age 65 Years
Gender M
Worth As Of May 4, 2026
Last Refreshed 15 Sep 2026, 12:00 AM
Residence Hyderabad, India
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Personal Stats

Age 65
Source Of Wealth pharmaceuticals, Self Made
Residence Hyderabad, India
Citizenship India
Marital Status Married
Children 2
Education Bachelor of Science, Andhra University; Master of Science, Andhra University
Net Worth Change +$0.1B +4.0% from previous worth
Previous Net Worth $2.5B
Current Net Worth $2.6B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Satyanarayana Chava is the founder and CEO of Laurus Labs, a pharma and biotech company in Hyderabad, in southern India. Chava worked in the pharma sector for two decades before starting Laurus Labs as an R&D firm in 2005. Today, the $658 million (revenue) company supplies pharma ingredients for drugs to treat HIV, cancer, asthma and diabetes. Chava remains passionate about research spending 25% of his time in the labs and getting involved with new products.

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Chava is listed as an inventor, along with others, in 145 patents granted to his company.

In his spare time, Chava enjoys cooking Indian food and sweets.

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