In an era where most of us are aware of who India¡¯s richest men are, be it Gautam Adani or Mukesh Ambani (in recent years), seldom do we talk about the richest women in our nation.
So let us bring to you the list of India¡¯s 10 richest women, as well as their net worth:
73-year-old Savitri Jindal is India's richest woman. She is chairperson emerita of the O.P Jindal Group, a business empire that spreads across steel, power, cement and infrastructure sectors. The O.P Jindal group was founded by her late husband Om Prakash Jindal in 1952.
56-year-old Rohiqa Cyrus Mistry is the wife of the late Cyrus Mistry, who was the younger son of construction tycoon Pallonji Mistry. She inherited her husband's stakes in the family empire after he died in a car crash at age 54 in September 2022. Her late husband Cyrus was the Chairman of Tata Sons from 2012¨C2016.
60-year-old Rekha Jhunjhunwala inherited a massive stock portfolio from her late husband Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, who was often referred to as ¡®India's Warren Buffett¡¯. The investor with a Midas touch passed away in August 2022 at age 62. The most valuable listed holding in the portfolio is watch and jewelry maker Titan. Besides that, Star Health and Allied Insurance, Metro Brands and Akasa Air are among the major investments by the Jhunjhunwalas.
Vinod Rai Gupta draws her fortune from her holding in flagship Havells India. The company, which is run by her son Anil, makes electrical and lighting items such as fans, wiring, refrigerators and washing machines. Havells was founded by Vinod's late husband Qimat Rai Gupta in 1958 as an electrical trading business.?
74-year old Smita Crishna-Godrej belongs to the storied Godrej clan and has a one-fifth stake in the family assets, as per Forbes. The Godrej family controls the $5.2 billion (revenue) Godrej Group, which was founded in 1897.
The usually media-shy heir of a pharma fortune, Leena Tewari is the chairperson of privately held USV India, which her late father Vithal Gandhi set up with Revlon in 1961. USV specializes in diabetic and cardiovascular drugs, with a portfolio that spans biosimilar drugs, injectables and active pharma ingredients.?
60-year-old Falguni Nayar had quit her job to start Nykaa, a retailer of beauty products in 2012. The former investment banker¡¯s Nykaa went public in November 2021, which made her India's richest self-made female entrepreneur.
81-year-old Anu Aga derives her wealth from a majority stake in listed engineering firm Thermax. Aga started working at Thermax in 1985 when it was run by her husband and took the leadership in 1996 after he died of a heart attack. She then stepped down as chairman in 2004.
70-year-old Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw founded biopharmaceutical firm Biocon, in 1978. As per Forbes, Mazumdar-Shaw wanted to be a doctor but couldn't get into medical school. She also has a philanthropic initiative, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, which aims to create a sustainable, affordable cancer care model.
50-year-old Radha Vembu is the co-founder of Zoho Corporation. She has become the richest self-made Indian woman, according to the Hurun India Rich List 2023.
She gets her wealth from her stake in privately held Zoho Corp, which is a Chennai-based multinational technology company that makes computer software and web-based business tools. The company was cofounded by her elder brother Sridhar Vembu, who started the business initially as AdventNet in 1996. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts/Economics from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras).??
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