Vidhi Shanghvi

Some Lesser Known Facts About Vidhi Shanghvi

• Vidhi Shanghvi hails from a family of businesspersons.

• Her father, Dilip Shanghvi, is the founder and managing director of Sun Pharma. He has established himself as a prominent figure in the global healthcare industry.

• After graduating from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Vidhi joined Sun Pharma, a generic pharmaceutical company, and began working in its marketing division.

• On 13 July 2023, Vidhi was appointed as an additional non-executive and non-independent director of Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Limited (SPARC), a biopharmaceutical company founded in 2007 after splitting from Sun Pharma.

• Vidhi has been a strong supporter of her father’s Rs. 4.35 lakh crore healthcare empire, Sun Pharma. For more than ten years, she has been instrumental in helping shape the company’s strategic direction.

• As of 2024, she owns 28,22,427 equity shares in Sun Pharma, which represents a 0.12% stake in the company.

• Vidhi serves as the vice president of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. She leads the Consumer Healthcare and Nutrition segments while also overseeing India Distribution.

• Under Vidhi and her father’s leadership, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. became the world’s fourth-largest speciality generic pharmaceutical company, with global revenues of $5.4 billion.

• Vidhi Shanghvi strongly supports mental health. She is the founder of Mann Talks, a non-profit organisation that offers free tools and focuses on holistic approaches to make mental health care available to all.

• Vidhi is connected to the Ambani family through her marriage to Vivek Salgaocar, the son of well-known Goan industrialists Shiv and Ranjana Salgaocar. Her relationship with the Ambanis extends through the Salgaocars’ ties to Deepti Salgaocar and Nina Kothari, who are the sisters of Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani.