Natasha Poonawalla


Natasha Poonawalla is an Indian philanthropist, chairperson of the Villoo Poonawalla Foundation, Executive Director of Serum Institute of India, one of the largest vaccine manufacturing companies in the world by number of doses produced, Director of the Poonawalla Science Park in the Netherlands and Director of Villoo Poonawalla Racing and Breeding Pvt Ltd. She is a known fashion enthusiast.

Early life and education

She was born on 26 November 1981 to Pramesh Aurora and his wife Minnie Aurora. She grew up in Pune, India. She did her basic schooling at St. Mary's School, Pune and then went on to pursue a bachelor's degree from Pune University. In 2004, she received a Masters of Science degree from the London School of Economics.

Personal life

Natasha married Adar Poonawalla in 2006. She had met him at a new year's party in Goa hosted by Vijay Mallya. They have two sons, Cyrus and Darius.