Acharya Balkrishna is the managing director and primary stakeholder of Patanjali Ayurved. He is a close aide of yoga guru, Baba Ramdev, with whom he founded the company in 2006. He bags 10th position on the richest men list in India. He has a net worth of $6.3 billion. The Patanjali group claimed that he rediscovered Sanjeevani Booti, a herb which is believed to have the power to cure any malady and was believed to save the life of Lakshmana in the epic Ramayana.