- Sunday, March 09, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
Biocon executive chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Tuesday (25) remembered her husband John Shaw as her mentor and soul mate in a tweet, a day after the latter passed away in a private hospital in Bengaluru in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
He was 73 and undergoing cancer treatment for some time.
“I am devastated to lose my husband, my mentor and soul mate,” Mazumdar-Shaw wrote. “I will always be spiritually guided by John as I pursue my purpose.
“Rest in Peace my darling John. Thank you for making my life so very special. I will miss you profoundly,” she added.
I am devastated to lose my husband, my mentor and soul mate. I will always be spiritually guided by John as I pursue my purpose. Rest in Peace my darling John. Thank you for making my life so very special. I will miss you profoundly pic.twitter.com/b0qv6ZGI2D
— Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (@kiranshaw) October 25, 2022
Shaw was the vice chairman and non-executive director of Biocon for more than 22 years and stepped down in July last year. He was foreign promoter and served on the advisory board of various Biocon group companies, the company’s website said.
Mazumdar married Shaw, four years older than her, in 1998.
She had an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow, the same institution from where her late husband did Master’s in history and political economy.
