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{{short description|Indian businessman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anand Burman
| birth_name = Anand Ashok Chand Burman
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], India
| birth_date = {{bya|1952}}
| occupation = Businessman
| title = Chairman, [[Dabur]]
| alma mater = [[University of Wisconsin]] (BS, MS)<br> [[University of Kansas]] (PhD)
| education = [[St. Paul's School, Darjeeling]]
| net_worth = US$5.8 billion (July 2017)<ref name="forbes1">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/anand-burman/ |title=Anand Burman & family |work=Forbes.com |accessdate=28 July 2017}}</ref>
| spouse = Minnie Burman
| children = 2
| parents =
}}

'''Anand Ashok Chand Burman''' (born 1952) is an Indian [[billionaire]] businessman, and chairman of [[Dabur]] a leading consumer goods company.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anand Burman|url=http://topics.wsj.com/person/B/anand-burman/6734|accessdate=1 September 2015|publisher=Wall Street Journal}}</ref> With a net worth of $5.8 billion, he is among the Top 20 richest Indians and on the ''[[Forbes]]'' list.<ref name="forbes1"/>

== Early life ==
Burman was born in Kolkata in 1952,<ref name="HBS">{{cite web |title=Anand Burman |url=https://www.hbs.edu/creating-emerging-markets/interviews/Pages/profile.aspx?profile=aburman |website=Harvard Business School |access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref> in a Bengali business family.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bhandari|first=Bhupesh|date=2009-09-29|title=Lunch with BS: Anand Burman|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-anand-burman-109092900036_1.html|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bhandari|first=Bhupesh|date=2009-09-29|title=Lunch with BS: Anand Burman|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-anand-burman-109092900036_1.html|access-date=2021-09-17}}</ref> His father was Ashok Chand Burman, chairman emeritus of [[Dabur]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Dabur Group's Ashok Burman dies|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/dabur-groups-ashok-burman-dies/815223/|accessdate=1 September 2015|publisher=Indian Express}}</ref> He finished his initial school education at [[St. Paul's School, Darjeeling|St. Paul's School]] in [[Darjeeling]], India. Burman completed his bachelor's degree in chemistry from the [[University of Wisconsin]] and his master's degree and a doctorate in pharmaceutical chemistry, both from the [[University of Kansas]].<ref name="HBS"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Dr. Anand Burman|url=http://hvglaw.nl/IN/en/About-us/Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year/EOY-2011-India-finalist---Anand-Burman|accessdate=1 September 2015|publisher=EY|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095627/http://hvglaw.nl/IN/en/About-us/Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year/EOY-2011-India-finalist---Anand-Burman|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Dabur==
Anand joined the family business [[Dabur]] as manager of the research and development department in 1980. He came on the company's board in 1986 and became chairman in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dabur India Anand Burman|url=http://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=DABU.BO&officerId=268445|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=DABU.BO&officerId=268445|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|accessdate=1 September 2015|publisher=Reuters}}</ref>

==Other associations ==
Anand is the co-founder of Asian healthcare fund and serves on the board of directors for 33 companies including [[Hero MotoCorp|Hero Motocorp]], Aviva Life Insurance, Ester Industries, Interx Laboratories. He has served as the chairman of Fresenius Kabi Oncology Ltd and an independent non-executive director of [[Hindustan Motors]] Ltd.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anand Chand Burman Phd|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=13444111&privcapId=99938813|accessdate=1 September 2015|publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref> Anand started a non-profit organisation Sundesh working for healthcare, education.{{fact|date=July 2017}}

== Awards and recognitions ==
*One of 14 finalists from India in EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2011<ref>{{cite web|title=Entrepreneur Of The Year 2011|url=http://www.ey.com/IN/en/About-us/Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year/EOY-2011-India-finalists|publisher=EY|accessdate=1 September 2015}}</ref>
*Camden FB Top 50 family business leaders 2013<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 50 Family Business Leaders|url=https://familybusiness.ey-vx.com/pdfs/campden-fb---top-50.pdf|publisher=Ernst & Young|accessdate=1 September 2015}}</ref>
*Business Leader of the Year Award at [[The Asian Awards]], 2019<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners of the 9th Asian Awards |url=https://theasianawards.com/winners_9th_awards.html |website=The Asian Awards}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Anand is married to Minnie, and they have two children, son Aditya, and daughter Anisha.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anand Burman – One of the leading industrialists in India.|url=http://www.indianbillgates.com/anand-burman/|publisher=Indian Billgates|accessdate=1 September 2015}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Dabur Group}}

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[[Category:Businesspeople from Kolkata]]
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