How did your father's liberal worldviews shape your early career decisions?
Replied byKiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Founder & Executive Chairperson at Biocon
Niche: Health & Wellness
Revenue: Approx. $172 Million/month
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Started: 1978
My father was a brewmaster at United Breweries who had studied in the United Kingdom. Because of his background, our family lived a cosmopolitan life in Bangalore. When I graduated from college, he encouraged me to study brewing in Australia, insisting that gender had nothing to do with science.
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