The lavish life of India’s vaccine billionaire

Adar Poonawalla’s family has a high-class life, owning many luxurious mansions in India.
Earlier this year, the Serum Institute of India (SII) spent $800 million to ramp up production of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is estimated to reach 1.5-2.5 billion doses in 2021. That means the Adar Poonawalla family, owner of SII, leading in global production of Covid-19 vaccine, according to South China Morning Post .

Huge profits from the sale of vaccines help the Adar family lead an increasingly luxurious life. Sharing a net worth of $12.5 billion, husband and wife Adar – Natasha and their children enjoy a desirable high-class life. “Vaccine billionaire” Adar Poonawalla (far left) and his family have a desirable high life. Owning a series of lavish mansions Currently, the “vaccine billionaire” couple owns many large real estates, lavish mansions in the country and abroad, and a collection of famous artworks. The mansion in Pune city called Adar Abad is the regular residence of members of the Poonawalla family. The mansion is designed in a typical European architectural style, with huge columns, high ceilings decorated with splendid chandeliers, Italian marble floors. Besides its impressive design and carefully selected interiors, it also houses other valuable Poonawallas possessions, most notably a collection of European art. Works by artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Renoir and Rembrandt are estimated to be worth millions of dollars. Adar Abad is also where Adar Poonawalla keeps his supercar collection. He owns expensive cars such as Ferrari 360, Porsche Cayenne and Rolls-Royce Phantom. The most prized car is a Batmobile replica based on the Mercedes-Benz S350 that Adar gave to his son, Cyrus, for his 6th birthday. Villa Adar Abad in Pune is designed in European style. Every weekend, the Poonawalla family used to go to Mumbai and rest in a palace by the sea. Formerly known as The Lincoln House, it was used as a US consulate before being sold to Poonawallas for $120 million in 2015. “One can see a lot of this type of property in London (UK), but in India it is more special. It has a beautiful location, history and large area so it is well worth the money. out”, Adar said to Financial Times . The Poonawalla family’s horse farm stands out with its majestic 2-storey wooden house. As one of India’s most famous horse breeders, it’s not surprising that the Poonawalla family has a 100-hectare horse farm in Pune. Here stands the monumental two-story bungalow, which was refurbished in 2015 by his wife Natasha with the help of interior designer Sussanne Khan. The women gave the farmhouse a complete makeover by adding more rooms, building a lush garden with exotic plants and a beautiful conservatory, featuring artistic chandeliers. art. Besides domestic real estate, the Poonawalla family also owns a 25,000 m2 mansion in the prestigious Mayfair area of ​​London (England). According to the report of Business Standard , they recently rented exclusively for $69,000/week. In 2014, the Poonawalla family offered a $775 million bid for the Grosvenor House Hotel to be used as a second home, but failed. The London mansion is the venue for many of the Poonawalla family events.