How this millennial CEO steered the world’s largest vaccine maker during the pandemic
Adar Poonawalla became the CEO of the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, Serum Institute of India, when he was 30 years old.
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Adar Poonawalla became the CEO of the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, Serum Institute of India, when he was 30 years old.
But that was not his first foray into the family business.
“I started, you know, at the grassroot level. I worked in every department — and particularly in marketing and sales and in exports, because I wanted to build the exports,” explained the now 41-year-old CEO.
The company has come a long way since he took over in 2011.
Today, it is the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer — by number of doses produced and sold globally. According to the company, it is “supplying the world’s least expensive and WHO-accredited vaccines to as many as 170 countries.”
Adar steered the company at the height of the global pandemic. During that time, Serum Institute
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