Sudhir Mehta entered the pharmaceutical business founded by his father and materially expanded that inherited operating platform across drug manufacturing, exports and power, helping turn Torrent into a diversified family-controlled group. [1][2]
Mehta joined an operating business founded by his father
Torrent traces the group to U. N. Mehta, who founded the business in 1959. Sudhir Mehta joined the family enterprise in the early 1970s and learned the pharmaceutical business alongside his father rather than creating the original company from scratch. [1]
Company biographies credit Mehta with helping establish Torrent Pharma's first manufacturing facility and securing its first export order to Russia. Those steps expanded the operating platform beyond its earlier domestic base and increased the scale of the family business. [1]
A 2006 Torrent disclosure said Mehta helped grow Torrent Pharmaceuticals from a small company in 1975 into a pharmaceutical business with more than one thousand crore rupees of revenue by 2005-06. The same record links him directly to the company's international expansion. [2]
Power became a second major growth engine
Mehta also led Torrent's move into power, including acquisitions of stakes in Ahmedabad Electricity and Surat Electricity and the development of large generation projects. That diversification created a second major operating pillar alongside pharmaceuticals. [1][2]
His billionaire wealth therefore rests on an inherited family-company base that was materially expanded under his leadership. Torrent's group revenue and project values measure the scale of the businesses, while Mehta's personal wealth depends on the family's attributable ownership in those companies. [1][2]
Sources for background
Sources reviewed Sep 21, 2026.
- Chairman Emeritus - Sudhir Mehta · Torrent Power
- Brief Biography of Directors · Torrent Power
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