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Meet Leena Gandhi Tewari, the SUV chairperson who bought India's costliest flats
Leena Gandhi Tewari is a name not many know well, but she recently caught everyone's attention after buying the most expensive flats in India. She bought two sea-facing luxury duplex apartments in Mumbai's Worli area for Rs 639 crore. This deal broke records and surprised many in the property and financial RECORD-BREAKING REAL ESTATE DEALSpanning over 22,572 sq ft, the duplex apartments are situated from the 32nd to the 35th floor in the 40-storey Naman Xana building on Worli Sea Face, overlooking the Arabian Sea. The price works out to more than Rs 2.83 lakh per sq the huge purchase amount, Leena paid over Rs 63.9 crore extra in stamp duty and taxes, making the total cost close to Rs 703 crore. This move was quiet but powerful, much like her OF USVLeena is the chairperson of USV, a Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company, which was started by her late father, Vithal Gandhi, in partnership with Revlon in 1961.
Forbes estimates Leena's net worth at $3.9 billion, as of May 30, 2025, making her one of India's richest keeps her personal life as private as her business affairs. She is known to be a close friend of Nita Ambani. Her husband, Prashant Tewari, who is also involved with USV, is an IIT graduate and a mechanical engineer from Cornell. Their daughter, Aneesha Gandhi Tewari, holds a Ph.D. in molecular biology from MIT and was appointed to USV's board in August popular medicines, such as Glycomet for diabetes and Ecosprin for blood thinning, enjoy wide recognition and trust across the Leena Tewari's record property purchase and her leadership of USV demonstrate her influence both in business and beyond.
