| Habil Khorakiwala | |
| Birth Date: | 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Bombay, Bombay presidency, British India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Children: | 3 |
| Alma Mater: | Purdue University, Harvard Business School |
| Occupation: | Founder chairman of Wockhardt |
Habil Khorakiwala is the founder and Chairman of Indian multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Wockhardt.[1] He founded Wockhardt in 1967,[2] which since then has grown into one of the top Indian makers of generic drugs, formulations, biopharmaceuticals, nutrition products, vaccines, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and a chain of advanced Super Speciality Hospitals.[3]
Habil Khorakiwala was born in a Dawoodi Bohra family of Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1942.[4] His father Fakhruddin T. Khorakiwala was the founder of India's first departmental store 'Akbarallys' and also the former Sheriff of Mumbai.[5] He has three children who are handling different divisions of Wockhardt.[6]
He graduated in pharmacy from L.M. College in Ahmedabad and then did a master's degree in Pharmaceutical Science from Purdue University, and an Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School, USA.[7]
Habil Khorakiwala founded Wockhardt Limited in 1967 after taking over his father's Worli Chemical Works.[2] It started as a small firm with only 20 employees, making over-the-counter drugs. Since then, Wockhardt Limited has grown into a multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology firm with manufacturing facilities around the world and more than 7,000 employees. In December 2014, he was appointed as the Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard University.[8] He has also served as Sweden's honorary consul general in Mumbai.[9]