62 Quotes by Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

I really believe that entrepreneurship is about being able to face failure, manage failure and succeed after failing.

An entrepreneur’s life is always a continuous journey.

I have never let gender get in my way. It has taken me over 30 years to get from a garage to the huge campus that we have today. And it’s been a long journey.

I hate the title of being called ‘the richest woman in India,’ but it’s the recognition that this was the value that I had created as a woman entrepreneur, and that makes me very, very proud.

The brewing industry is a very, very male dominated industry. It’s a male bastion.

My passion for innovation and my interest in the ‘business of science’ has seen Biocon commercialize many innovative platforms and products.

I faced a number of challenges whilst I built Biocon. Initially, I had credibility challenges where I couldn’t get banks to fund me; I couldn’t recruit people to work for a woman boss. Even in the businesses where I had to procure raw materials, they didn’t want to deal with women.

It was a chance encounter with a biotech entrepreneur from Ireland that got me started as an entrepreneur in India, because I partnered this Irish company in setting up India’s first biotech company.

I do serve on various boards and I’m very honest and frank, obviously. I am a very forthright person and I do, sort of, share my candid views on anything.