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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian entrepreneur and cardiologist (born 1933)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Prathap C. Reddy<br />
| image = Prathap C. Reddy (1).jpg<br />
| caption = Prathap C. Reddy in 2014<br />
| birth_name = Prathap Chandra Reddy<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1933|02|05|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Aragonda]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Chittoor district|Chittoor]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India)<br />
| alma_mater = [[Stanley Medical College]]<br />
| occupation = [[Businessman]]<br />
| spouse = Sucharitha Reddy<br />
| children = {{ubl<br />
| [[Preetha Reddy]] (daughter)<br />
| [[Sangita Reddy]] (daughter)<br />
| Suneeta Reddy (daughter)<br />
| [[Shobana Kamineni]] (daughter)<br />
}}<br />
| relatives = {{ubl|[[Ram Charan]] (grandson-in-law)|[[Armaan Ebrahim]] (grandson-in-law)}} [[Anindith Reddy]] (grandson)<br />
| awards = [[Padma Vibhushan]] (2010)<br/>[[Padma Bhushan]] (1991)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Prathap Chandra Reddy''' (born 5 February 1933)<ref>[https://www.apollohospitals.com/news-detail.php?newsid=319 The first 'Apollo Isha Vidya Rural School' at Aragonda!], Apollo Hospitals press release, 25 December 2012, retrieved 2015-04-03</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://healthcare.financialexpress.com/200901/50pathfinders02.shtml |title=The Trailblazer |journal=Express Healthcare |access-date=2015-04-04 |date=January 2009}}</ref> is an Indian entrepreneur and cardiologist who founded the first corporate chain of [[hospitals in India]], the [[Apollo Hospitals]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mybtechlife.com/the-list-of-great-entrepreneurs-in-india-2015/|title=The List of Great Entrepreneurs of India in 2015|publisher=MyBTechLife|author=Srikar Muthyala|date=29 September 2015|access-date=7 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114000446/http://mybtechlife.com/the-list-of-great-entrepreneurs-in-india-2015/|archive-date=14 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[India Today]]'' ranked him 48th in its 2017 list of India's 50 most powerful people.<ref>{{cite news|title=India's 50 powerful people|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20170424-india-today-top-50-powerful-indians-mukesh-ambani-ratan-tata-kumar-mangalam-birla-gautam-adani-anand-mahindra-srk-amitabh-bacchan-986203-2017-04-14|publisher=[[India Today]]|date=14 April 2017}}</ref><br />
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As per Forbes list of India’s 100 richest tycoons, dated 9 October 2024, Prathap Reddy is ranked 94th with a net worth of $ 3.52 Billion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=India's 100 Richest |website=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/india-billionaires/}}</ref><br />
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== Education ==<br />
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Reddy received his medical degree from [[Stanley Medical College]] in [[Chennai]]. He later trained as a cardiologist in the United Kingdom and the United States.<br />
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He completed his fellowship at [[Massachusetts General Hospital]] in Boston and went on to head several research programs at the Missouri State Chest Hospital in the United States, where he worked for several years before returning to India.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.apolloclinic.com/our-chairmans-profile |title=Our Chairman's Profile |website=apolloclinic.com}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Reddy was married at an early age to Sucharita Reddy. The couple are the parents of four girls:<br />
*[[Preetha Reddy]], <br />
*[[Sangita Reddy]], <br />
*Suneeta Reddy, wife of P. Dwarakanath Reddy, son of [[P Obul Reddy|P. Ahobala Reddy]] of [[Nippo Batteries]] and Dyanora TV<br />
*[[Shobana Kamineni]]. Her daughter, Upasana, is married to [[Ram Charan]], an actor in [[Telugu cinema]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-06-15|title=Dream wedding for Charan, Upasna|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/dream-wedding-for-charan-upasna/article3531165.ece|access-date=2020-08-14|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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All of Reddy's daughters are serving as directors in the Apollo Hospitals.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hussain|first1=Shabana|title=Apollo Hospitals' Prathap Reddy grooms daughters for leadership positions|url=http://www.forbesindia.com/article/boardroom/apollo-hospitals-prathap-reddy-grooms-daughters-for-leaderhip-positions/39045/1 |work=Forbes India|access-date=16 November 2016|date=24 November 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
[[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting Padma Vibhushan Award to Dr. Prathap Chandra Reddy, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 31, 2010.jpg|thumb|right|Prathap C. Reddy, receiving [[Padma Vibhushan]] award from the president [[Pratibha Patil]], in 2010]]<br />
* '''1991:''' Conferred with the honor '''[[Padma Bhushan]]''' <ref>{{Cite web|title=Padma Awards {{!}} Interactive Dashboard|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Name=prathap%20chandra%20reddy&Year=1991-1991|access-date=2021-01-29|website=www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in|language=en}}</ref><br />
* '''2010:''' Conferred with the second highest civilian honor '''[[Padma Vibhushan]]''' <ref>{{Cite web|title=Padma Awards {{!}} Interactive Dashboard|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Name=prathap%20chandra%20reddy&Year=2010-2010|access-date=2021-01-29|website=www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in|language=en}}</ref><br />
* '''2018:''' Conferred the Lions Humanitarian Award by Apollo Hospitals<ref>{{cite news|title=Dr. Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals conferred with the Lions Humanitarian Award|url=https://medgatetoday.com/dr-prathap-c-reddy-chairman-apollo-hospitals-conferred-with-the-lions-humanitarian-award|work=Medgate today}}</ref><br />
*'''2022:''' Conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award by IMA<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr Prathap C Reddy conferred Lifetime Achievement Award by IMA |url=http://www.uniindia.com/dr-prathap-c-reddy-conferred-lifetime-achievement-award-by-ima/south/news/2765342.html |website=Uniindia |access-date=January 26, 2023}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*https://www.apollohospitals.com/corporate/apollo-management/chairman-profile<br />
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{{Padma Vibhushan Awards}}<br />
{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1990–99}}<br />
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