Samprada Singh Explained

Samprada Singh
Birth Date:1925
Birth Place:Jehanabad, Bihar, India
Death Date:27 July 2019 (aged 94)
Death Place:Mumbai, India[1]
Nationality:Indian
Children:NK Singh
Occupation:Founder and chairman of Alkem Laboratories
Alma Mater:Patna University (B.Com.)

Samprada Singh (1925 – 27 July 2019) was an Indian businessman, who was the founder and chairman of Alkem Laboratories,[2] which develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical formulations and nutraceuticals in India. It has operations in Europe, Africa, the Asia Pacific, South America, the United States and India.[3]

In 2017, Samprada Singh had an estimated net worth of $3.3 billion. He died on 27 July 2019.[4]

Early life and business career

Samprada Singh was born in a Bhumihar family [5] in Okri village, Jehanabad, Bihar.[6] [7] He graduated from Patna University with Bachelors in Commerce. In 1953 he started a small chemist shop in Patna near PMCH, Patna. Further expanding to medicine distribution business under the banner name of "Magadh Pharma".[8] He founded Alkem Laboratories Ltd along with his younger brother Basudeo Narayan Singh, in 1973 and served as its chairman and his brother is the current executive chairman of Alkem.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bihar origin Samprada Singh is 48th richest Indian. www.bihartimes.in. 18 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Samprada Singh: Executive Profile & Biography – Businessweek. https://archive.today/20130930064552/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=29645673&privcapId=9104830. dead. 30 September 2013. Samprada Singh. Bloomberg BusinessWeek. 30 September 2013.
  3. News: A patriarch in winter . Ramesh Narayan . . 7 February 2008. 2 October 2008.
  4. News: Alkem Laboratories founder Samprada Singh passes away . 27 July 2019 . The Economic Times . 27 July 2019.
  5. Web site: Anshuman . Kumar . 2018-03-25 . The reclusive pharma billionaire & globetrotter who has never lost a Rajya Sabha poll . 2024-11-23 . ThePrint . en-US.
  6. News: Kumari . Kajal . 27 July 2019 . संप्रदा सिंह का निधन : मेडिकल रिप्रजेंटेटिव से बड़े उद्योगपति तक ऐसा रहा जीवन का सफर . Dainik Jagran . hi . 15 February 2023.
  7. Web site: Basudeo Singh . 15 February 2023 . Forbes . en.
  8. Web site: 28 July 2019 . संप्रदा सिंह: सेल्समैन से करियर की शुरुआत फिर बना डाली 26 हजार करोड़ की दवा कंपनी . 15 February 2023 . News18 हिंदी . hi.
  9. News: Samprada Singh of Alkem Labs receives Lifetime Achievement Award. PressReader. 8 October 2019. en.
  10. News: Pharma Leadership Summit brings together healthcare fraternity. Announcement. 9 April 2009. Business Standard India. 22 September 2016.
  11. Web site: India Rich List 2017 - Forbes India Magazine. . Forbes . 28 January 2023.

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