Pharmaceuticals

Business Owner · Pharmaceuticals

Kenneth Frazier: Executive Chairman and Former CEO of Merck

Kenneth Frazier, a janitor's son from North Philadelphia, rose from Merck general counsel to CEO and became the first African American man to lead a major pharmaceutical company.

📍 Rahway

Business Owner · Pharmaceuticals

Namita Thapar

Her father started Emcure in 1981 with a ₹3 lakh bank loan. She qualified as a chartered accountant, took an MBA at Duke, worked in American medtech — then came home as CFO and is now Executive Director of a listed pharma company doing ₹7,963 crore a year.

📍 Pune