companies and making some of the essential drugs more affordable to the masses in the developing countries." In late 2013, he was also named one of the India's "25 Greatest Global Living Legends" by news broadcaster NDTV. He was also recently interviewed for the Creating Emerging Markets project at the Harvard Business School, discussing at length his strategies to provide AIDS treatments and other drugs to help treat poor people in the developing world. Media Hamied's role in the battle for mass antiretroviral treatment in Africa is portrayed in the documentary Fire in the Blood (2013 film). In its review of the film, India Today noted that "the story of Yusuf Hamied will make every Indian proud as he was the only man who decided to walk against the tide and sell drugs to save lives without focusing on profits." Personal life Hamied married to Farida and they have no children. They live in London and Mumbai. His younger brother, M. K. Hamied, is Cipla's non-executive vice-chairman. The latter has three children, including Samina Vaziralli, who is expected to take over leadership of Cipla in the future. In May 2021, Forbes estimated Hamied's net worth at US$ 3.3 billion. References 1936 births Living people Indian billionaires 20th-century Indian chemists 21st-century Indian chemists Indian businesspeople in the pharmaceutical industry Indian people of Jewish descent Indian people of Russian descent Indian philanthropists Indian organic chemists Businesspeople from Mumbai Businesspeople in the pharmaceutical industry Scientists from Mumbai Indian people of Russian-Jewish descent Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in medicine Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge Soviet emigrants to India Cathedral and John Connon School alumni Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy