Acharya Balkrishna is chairman and CEO of the consumer goods company Patanjali Ayurved.

He is the right-hand man to yoga guru Baba Ramdev.

He derives his fortune from consumer goods giant Patanjali Ayurved.

The billionaire owns the bulk of the privately held Patanjali.

Acharya Balkrishna, Baba Ramdev, and Acharya Karamveer founded Divya Yoga Mandir Trust on January 5, 1995.

Later in 2012, Patanjali Ayurved managed to earn a turnover of Rs 4.5 billion.

It went up to Rs 50 billion in 2015–2016. By March 31, 2020,

Patanjali Ayurved’s revenue from operations increased marginally to Rs 9,022.71 crore.

Acharya Balkrishna has an estimated net worth of $3.4 billion, Forbes reported.