Dileep Shanghvi is an Indian billionaire businessman who founded Sun Pharmaceutical Industries in 1982. Over the decades, he grew the company through strategic acquisitions to become the largest pharmaceutical company in India and among the top five largest generic drug makers globally. Some of his major acquisitions include Ranbaxy Laboratories for $4 billion in 2014, making Sun Pharma the largest Indian pharma company in the US. Shanghvi was awarded the Padma Shri in 2016 for his contributions to the pharmaceutical industry in India.