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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Quotes

born 1953 India

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 23 March 1953) is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur. She is the executive chairperson and founder of Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited, a biotechnology company based in Bangalore, India and the former chairperson of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

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Random Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw quote

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I believe we are in a humanitarian business, she says, and I think we are doing our bit for affordable access, which is what we want

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

That is what then gave me the raison d’être to focus on biopharmaceuticals

We have a huge opportunity to build a very large business

I call myself an accidental entrepreneur

I have always believed that successful businesses thrive on great human relationships, which are formed through collaborations and extend out into personal and professional networks. Very often, strong personal networks lead to robust professional relationships

Just because we cannot afford human insulin, we are having to use animal insulin, so let me do something about it

Innovation and commerce are as powerful tools for creating social progress as they are for driving technological advancement

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.