Chirayu Amin is an Indian billionaire businessman and cricket administrator. He is the chairman and managing director of
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Vadodara. It is involved in manufacture of pharmaceutical products, pharmaceutical substances and intermediates. It is also termed to be a market lea ...
. and
Alembic Group.
He was the chairman of the
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as TATA IPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's T20 franchise cricket league of India. It is annually contested by ten teams based out of seven Indian cities and three Indian states. The leagu ...
and vice president of the
Board of Control for Cricket in India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the world ...
. He was also the chairman of the
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce. He also served as the president of the
Baroda Cricket Association
Baroda Cricket Association is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Baroda region in the Gujarat state of India and the Baroda cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Many past and present Indi ...
. As of May 2021, Amin has a net worth of
US$
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1.8 Billion dollars as mentioned by
Forbes
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.
In January 2021, he was awarded the lifetime achievement award by the Federation of Gujarat Industries (FGI).
Personal life
His wife, Malika Chirayu Amin, has been named among the India's richest woman in 2020 by Kotak Wealth Hurun.
References
External links
Alembic Pharmaceuticals LtdAlembic Group
Living people
Indian Premier League
Indian cricket administrators
Businesspeople from Gujarat
Year of birth missing (living people)
Indian billionaires
Indian businesspeople
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda alumni
Seton Hall University alumni
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