Balkrishna


Balkrishna is an Indian businessman, author, co-founder & managing director of the Patanjali Ayurved. He was reported by Forbes to have a net worth of billion as of 2021. which was then updated to US$3.6 Billion in 2025. He was also nominated by Forbes as 100 richest tycoon.

Early life

Balkrishna was born on 4 August 1972 in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, to Nepalese immigrants, Sumitra Devi and Jay Vallabh Subedi originating from Syangja, Nepal. He spent his childhood in Nepal. He returned to India and studied at Khanpur Gurukul in Haryana, where he met Ramdev.

Career

On 5 January 1995, Balkrishna, Ramdev, and Acharya Karamveer founded Divya Yoga Mandir Trust which was set up at the Kripalu Bagh Ashram in Haridwar. This was followed in 2005 by the establishment of the Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust, which was given responsibility in 2022 for the establishment and management of the Bharatiya Shiksha Board. In 2006, they founded Patanjali Ayurved, a fast-moving consumer goods company involved in the manufacturing and trading of FMCG, herbal, and ayurvedic products. Followers of Ramdev, NRIs Sunita and Sarwan Poddar, helped kick-start the business with a loan. According to Balkrishna, he had taken out a ₹50–600 million loan at a time when he had never held a personal bank account in his name. In 2012, the company posted a turnover of which by 2015–2016 had risen to. Patanjali Ayurved's revenue from operations increased marginally to ₹9,022.71 crore in the year up to 31 March 2020. Revenue stood at about ₹8,522.68 crore in FY19.
While Ramdev does not hold a stake in Patanjali Ayurved, he is the face of the firm and endorses its products to his followers across his yoga camps and television programmes. Balkrishna owns 94% of the company and serves as its managing director. He is a close aide of Ramdev. Acharya Balkrishna listed in India's 50 most influential personalities 2020. He was reported India's third-youngest billionaire by Forbes India Rich List 2020. He is also second billionaire of Nepalese origin.
In 2025, Acharya Balkrishna founded Patanjali Organic Research Institute in order to promote organic farming India.
In September 2025, Acharya Balkrishna named in Stanford’s top 2% scientists worldwide.

Book Release

In 2017, the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi released Balkrishna's book the World Herbal Encyclopedia, Vol. 01, in Haridwar, Uttarakhand.

Personal life

Balkrishna lives in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, and is unmarried.

Positions

Acharya Balkrishna has published more than 330 research articles in various national and international journals and has authored more than 200 books on yoga and Ayurveda and edited many unpublished ancient Ayurveda manuscripts.

Notable publications

  • World Herbal Encyclopedia
  • Flora of Rashtrapati Bhavan
  • Medicinal Plants of Rashtrapati Bhavan
  • Flora of Sijusa-Arunachal Pradesh
  • Man Ke Manke Part-2
  • World Botanical Part-6
  • Ayurveda Siddhanta Rahasya
  • Ayurveda Jadi-Buti Rahasya
  • Bhojan Kutuhalam
  • Ayurveda Mahodadhi
  • ''Vichar Kranti''

    Notable books

  • 'Secrets of Indian Herbs for Good Health', March 2008, Divya Prakashan, p;422,
  • 'Jadi Buti Rahasya', 2014, Divya Prakashan, ASIN:B0826SPYTD
  • 'Ayurved Siddhanth Rahasya', Divya Prakashan, 1 January 2013, p:300,
  • 'Ayurved Jadi Buti Rahasya', p:420,
  • 'Upchar Paddhati', p:252, ASIN:B09Y6D6B43
  • 'Hansraj-Nidanam', p:297, Divya Prakashan,
  • "Harmekhala", 1 January 2015, p:615, Divya Prakashan,
  • "Grow with Yoga", 28 May 2018,, p:128, National Book Trust India, Divya Prakashan
  • "Hridaya Deepak Nighantu", 1 April 2016, Divya Prakashan, p:221,
  • "Grihastha Yog Sadhak Ke Gun", 1 April 2017, p:68,