Dilip Shanghvi is the founder and managing director of Sun Pharmaceuticals, which he started in 1982 with Rs. 10,000 capital. Under his leadership, Sun Pharmaceuticals has grown to become India's largest drugmaker and most valuable pharmaceutical company. Shanghvi launched his career helping his father's wholesale drugs business and realized he could manufacture his own drugs. Through strategic acquisitions over the decades, Sun Pharmaceuticals now has a global presence and Shanghvi has a net worth of over $18 billion, making him one of Asia's richest self-made billionaires.