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{{Infobox person
| name = Vinita D. Gupta
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| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |48|2017|06|26}}<ref name="bloomberg1" />
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| nationality = Indian
| education = [[University of Mumbai]]<br> [[Kellogg School of Management]]
| occupation = Businesswoman
| title = CEO, [[Lupin Limited]]
| term = September 2013-
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| boards = Lupin Limited<br> [[Intrexon]]
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| spouse = Brij Sharma
| children = 1
| parents = [[Desh Bandhu Gupta]]
| relations = [[Nilesh Gupta]] (brother)
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'''Vinita D. Gupta''' (born 1968/69) is an Indian businesswoman, the chief executive officer (CEO) of [[Lupin Limited]] since September 2013,<ref name="bloomberg1">{{cite web|author=Stocks |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=23501293&privcapId=9643983 |title=Executive Profile: Vinita D. Gupta |publisher=Bloomberg LP |date= |accessdate=8 May 2019}}</ref> and the chairperson of Lupin Inc (LI), and its US subsidiary, Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc (LPI).{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}

==Early life==
Vinita D. Gupta is the eldest daughter of [[Desh Bandhu Gupta]],<ref name="businesstoday1">{{cite web|url=http://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/cover-story/most-powerful-women-in-india-business-2015-vinita-gupta-lupin/story/223487.html |title=MPW 2015: Lupin CEO Vinita Gupta's decisions have seldom gone wrong |publisher=Businesstoday.in |date=27 September 2015 |accessdate=26 June 2017}}</ref> who founded Lupin in 1968.

She earned a bachelor's degree in pharmacy from the [[University of Mumbai]], and an MBA from the [[Kellogg School of Management]], US.<ref name="bloomberg1"/>

==Career==
Gupta joined Lupin in 1993,<ref name="businesstoday2">{{cite web|url=http://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/cover-story/setting-the-pace/story/251169.html |title=Setting the pace- Business News |publisher=Businesstoday.in |date=31 December 2016 |accessdate=26 June 2017}}</ref> and became CEO in 2013.

Gupta was the chairman and CEO of Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc, from 2003 to 2013, and grew the US business from 5% to over 45% of Lupin's total turnover.<ref name="businesstoday1"/>

The US is Lupin's largest market.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}} Lupin's estimated annual cost savings to the US health system is approximately $15 billion.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}} In March 2016, the company acquired Gavis Pharmaceuticals in Somerset, NJ for $880 million.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}} Lupin has invested over $1 billion for the US market in 2016.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}} Lupin employs 674 employees in the US.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}

In April 2017, Gupta was appointed a non-executive director of [[Intrexon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investors.dna.com/2017-04-27-Intrexon-Appoints-Vinita-Gupta-Leading-Pharma-Executive-to-its-Board-of-Directors |title=Intrexon Appoints Vinita Gupta, Leading Pharma Executive, to its Board of Directors - Apr 27, 2017 |publisher=Investors.dna.com |date=27 April 2017 |accessdate=26 June 2017}}</ref>

Gupta and her brother Nilesh Gupta, managing director of Lupin Limited, were jointly named [[Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award|Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year]] for India 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ey.com/in/en/newsroom/news-releases/news-vinita-and-nilesh-gupta-of-lupin-limited-win-ey-entrepreneur-of-the-year-award-2015 |title=Vinita and Nilesh Gupta of Lupin Limited win EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award 2015 |publisher=www.ey.com |date=11 February 2016 |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> and won the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2016 – Entrepreneur of the Year.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}} She was the winner of the inaugural EY, U.S. 2012 Family Business Award of Excellence and EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2012 award winner for the Health Services and Technology for Maryland.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}} She was named by Forbes Asia in its Top 50 power businesswomen for Asia Pacific in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/fdgk45ggee/karen-agustiawan-55-indonesia/|title=Vinita Gupta, 45 (India)|author=|date=|website=Forbes|accessdate=8 May 2019}}</ref> She entered the Hall of Fame – Most Powerful Women in Business 2016 – Business Today and was named Outstanding Business Woman Leader of the Year - 11th CNBC India Business Leader Awards.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}

==Personal life==
She is married to [[Brij Sharma]], a US-based millionaire investor and entrepreneur, they have a son named Krish Sharma, and live in [[Florida]], US.<ref>{{cite web|author=Soumonty Kanungo |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-architect-of-lupin-s-rs-5600-cr-deal-is-indian-star-in-us-pharma-space-2110509 |title=Architect of Lupin's Rs 5,600-cr deal is Indian star in US pharma space | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=3 August 2015 |accessdate=26 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="businesstoday2"/>

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