Top 10 Richest Women In India
India is one of the fastest-growing countries and one of the major reasons is the self-made billionaires in the country who are boosting the economy. When it comes to billionaires people usually think of billionaires who are men but women are also leading the list of billionaires. We are here with a list of the Top 10 richest women in India who are in the spotlight.
10 Richest Women in India
1)Savitri Jindal
Net worth:$29.1 B
Company: Jindal Group
Savitri Jinal is one the no.1 spot on the list of India’s richest women. She is 73 years old. Savitri Jindal is the chairperson of OP Jindal Group. In 2005 her husband OP Jindal died after which she inherited the company.
2)Rohiqa Cyrus Mistry
Net worth:$8.7 B
Rohiqa Cyrus is the wife of the late Vurus Mistry who was the chairperson of Tata groups. She is the daughter of prominent lawyer Iqbal Chagra and daughter-in-law of Pallonji Mistry, late construction icon. She inherited the shares of her husband.
3)Rekha Jhunjhunwala
Net worth:$8.0 B
Company: Titan Company Limited
Rekha Jhunjhunwala is 59 years old. In 2022 her husband Rakesh Jhunjhunwala died after which she took over her husband’s role. She has invested in big companies including Crisil, Titan, and Tata Motors.
4)Vinod Gupta
Net worth:$4.2 B
Company: Havells
Vinod Gupta is the wife of the late Qimat Rai Gupta who founded the country’s major electrical equipment company. Today Vinod Gupta along with her son Anil Rai Gupta handles Havells. Havells has a presence in more than 50 countries worldwide.
5)Smita Crishna-Godrej
Net worth:$3.3 B
Company: Godrej
Smita Godrej is a member of the popular Godrej family. Smita owns 20% of the family’s assets. She is the owner of Mehrangir, the previous house of physicist Homi Bhabha. The revenue of the Godrej company is $5.2 billion.
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6)Leena Tewari
Net worth:$3.2 B
Company: USV Pharma
Leena Gandhi Tiwari is the chairman of a global pharmaceutical and biotech company, USV. In 1961 Leena’s father Vithal Tiwari established this company with Revlon. The company specializes in cardiovascular and diabetic drugs. Leena wrote a book on her grandfather called ‘Beyond Pipes and Dreams’.
7)Falguni Nayar
Net worth:$3.0 B
Company: Nykaa
Falguni Nayar is a successful entrepreneur. In 2021 she witnessed a 963% surge in her wealth with the success of Nykaa. Before this, she was the managing director at Kotak Mahindra Capital and now she is on the list of India’s richest women.
8)Anu Aga
Net worth:$2.8 B
Company: Thermax
Anu Aga along with her husband started to work at Thermax. Thermax is an engineering company. In 1996 after her husband, she took over the company but in 2014 she allowed her daughter Meher Pudumjee to take over the company. After 2014, in 2022 Anu Aga returned to the list of richest women.
9)Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Net worth:$2.5 B
Company: Biocon
In 1978 Kiran Mazumdar started her own biopharmaceuticals company called Bicon. She is a self-made successful entrepreneur. In Asia, it has the largest insulin-producing factory which is located in Malaysia.
10)Radha Vembu
Net worth:$2.1 B
Company: Zoho Corporation
Radha Vembu co-founded the Chennai-based technology company named Zoho. She is one of the most successful women and under her leadership, she was successful in creating a global product because of which she is in the list of richest women in India.
