Batterjee: one of the largest families in Saudi Arabia

Shahir A. Batterjee, Managing Director of Batterjee & Bros. Co. talks about doing the company, strategy and vision. Batterjee family is one of the largest families in Saudi Arabia.

Most of the family is in the western region of Saudi Arabia, and we all started from one man; Ibrahim Batterjee. Sheikh Ibrahim Batterjee. Most of the sons of Ibrahim Batterjee work in the healthcare business, whether my Uncle Abdul Jalil or Uncle Mohammad or the others, they are all in the healthcare business.

He says, “Our company started in 1908 by my grandfather, Ibrahim Batterjee, and started with importing candies and metal furniture. In 1948, my father travelled to Europe and he started the pharmaceutical business.

 Later on it was developed to be a healthcare business rather than just pharmaceuticals. Our strategy is to transform the company into a bigger entity, concentrating on the pharmaceutical industry, which is the future for the company.

We represent one of the major companies, Bayer. We represent four of the Bayer companies and we are trying to make a joint venture with Bayer. It’s not decided yet but we’re trying to get them to invest in the country for the pharmaceutical side.

Most of the family is in the western region of Saudi Arabia, and we all started from one man; Ibrahim Batterjee. Sheikh Ibrahim Batterjee. Most of the sons of Ibrahim Batterjee work in the healthcare business, whether my Uncle Abdul Jalil or Uncle Mohammad or the others, they are all in the healthcare business.”