Navin Engineer

Navinchandra Jamnadas Engineer (born May 1951) is a British billionaire, the owner of Chemidex, a pharmaceutical company that he founded in 1981.

Early life Navinchandra Jamnadas Engineer was born in May 1951. His father worked for the Kenyan civil service. In 1963, he was sent from Kenya to London to live with his aunt, and later studied at the London School of Pharmacy.

Chemidex was founded by Engineer and his wife in 1981, and is based in Egham, Surrey.

In 1981, Chemidex opened its first pharmacy in Chertsey, Surrey. In 1999, he had 14 pharmacies which he sold to the German company Celesio for a reported £12 million. Chemidex then became a pharmaceutical company, and it acquired its first brand in 2000.

According to The Sunday Times, the business is valued at £1 billion and Engineer at £1.1 billion.

Engineer also set up the company Essential Generics, a drug manufacturer based in Egham, Surrey. He resigned as a director of the company in 2013.

Personal life He is married to Varsha Engineer. They have two children, and both studied medicine.