Navinchandra Jamnadas Engineer (born May 1951) is a British billionaire, the owner of Chemidex, a pharmaceutical company that he founded in 1981.
[3] Engineer's first job on graduation was a pharmacist for the Boots the Chemist chain, which he found "a little bit like the civil service"; one day he was shocked by a visiting area manager asking for a cup of tea when he was busy dispensing prescriptions, and resigned the same day.
[4] Chemidex was founded by Engineer and his wife in 1981, and is based in Egham, Surrey.
In 1999, he had 14 pharmacies which he sold to the German company Celesio for a reported £12 million.
[3] Engineer also set up the company Essential Generics, a drug manufacturer based in Egham, Surrey.