In this article, you will get to know about the List of Top 10 Richest Women in India 2022.
1. Savitri Jindal
Age: 72 years
Net Worth: $16.4 Billion
Source of Wealth: OP Jindal Group
Savitri Jindal, a chairperson of the Jindal Group, became the richest woman in India, according to the Forbes India Rich List 2022, with a net worth of $16.4 billion. After the demise of OP Jindal, her husband in 2005, she took over the Jindal empire. Savitri also boasts a career in politics. After the death of her husband, Savitri was elected to the Haryana Vidhan Sabha from the Hisar constituency in 2005. She is currently a member of the Indian National Congress.
2. Roshni Nadar Malhotra
Age: 40 Years
Net Worth: 84,330 crores
Source of Wealth: HCL Corporation
Roshni Nadar Malhotra is one of the wealthiest and richest women in India. She owns HCL and the net worth of her company is 84,330 crores. She is also the CEO of HCL Corporation, a Trustee of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, along with that, the Founder and Trustee of The Habitats Trust. Roshni is also the Chairperson of VidyaGyan, which is a leadership academy for the economically underprivileged, meticulous, rural students of Uttar Pradesh. She is working hard to bring change to rural India.
3. Falguni Nayar
Age: 59 years
Net Worth: 57,520 crores
Source of Wealth: Nykaa
Falguni Nayar is a Gujarati born in Mumbai in a business family. After completing her graduation from IIM Ahmedabad, she started her career with A.F. Ferguson & Co. She joined Kotak Mahindra Bank in 1993 and spent around 18 years. She served as the Managing Director of the bank from 2005 to 2012.
After quitting the bank, she founded Nykaa in 2012 which paved the way for her entrepreneurial success. Today, she has successfully built a beauty and lifestyle empire with a portfolio of more than 1500 brands.
4. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Age: 69 years
Net Worth: 29,030 crores
Source of Wealth: Biocon
One of the most famous Indian billionaires, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is the Executive Chairperson and Founder of Biocon, a biotechnology company. She started her firm back in 1978 in a garage in India. And here she is, with such a big empire that positions her among the top 10 richest women in India.
Under her leadership, Biocon has achieved great success with the promise of making medicines accessible and affordable to millions of patients across the globe. She is also a Lead Independent Director at Infosys, a Signatory at The Giving Pledge, and a Board Member of United Breweries.
5. Nilima Motaparti
Age: 36 years
Net Worth: 28,180 crores
Source of Wealth: Divi’s Laboratories
She owns Divi’s Laboratories and the net worth of the company is 28,180 crores. Divi’s Lab was joined by her in 2012 after having 5 years of international experience in fields like a material requirement, planning and financing. She is also a board member in 10 other different companies.
6. Radha Vembu
Age: 50 Years
Net Worth: 26,260 crores
Source of Wealth: Zoho
She is the owner of the company Zoho. The net worth of the company is 26,260 crores. As Zoho’s product manager, She was managing a team of more than 200 people. The headquarters of the firm is in Chennai which has more than 60 million users and 12 offices in nine countries around the world. Its campus in Austin, Texas is one of its biggest branches.
She is also the director of Janaki Hi-Tech Agro Pvt Ltd, an agricultural NGO and Highland Valley Corporation Pvt Ltd, which is a real estate company.
7. Leena Gandhi Tewari
Age: 65 Years
Net Worth: 24,280 crores
Source of Wealth: USV
Leena Gandhi Tewari is the Chairperson of USV, a multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company that runs with the objective to offer best-in-class healthcare services. She has made a significant contribution to the overall operations of USV.
After completing her graduation from the University of Mumbai, she pursued Master’s in Business Administration from Boston University. She has written a biographical book titled ‘Beyond Pipes and Dreams’ on her grandfather Vithal Balkrishna Gandhi. She is involved in different humanitarian work as well.
8. Anu Aga and Meher Pudumjee
Age: 80 Years and 56 years
Net Worth: 14, 530 crores
Source of Wealth: Thermax
They own the company Thermax. The net worth of the company is 14,530 crores. The owner is the duo of a mother and her daughter. Their company was a multi-national energy and environment engineering company based in India and Britain. Initially, it began with producing small, baby boilers to cater steam required by the hospitals. The major operations of Thermax were commenced by harnessing the power of steam, produced by boilers.
9. Neha Narkhede
Age: 38 Years
Net Worth: 13, 380 crores
Source of Wealth: Confluent
She owns Confluent. The net worth of the company is 13,380 crores. After working at Oracle, She joined LinkedIn, where she was involved in the development of Apache Kafka, an open-source messaging system. From there she entered into her entrepreneurial life and after that in 2014, she with the aid of two LinkedIn colleagues found Confluent.
10. Renu Munjal
Age: 60 Years
Net Worth: 6,810 crores
Source of Wealth: Hero FinCorp
She owns the company Hero FinCorp and the net worth of the company is 6,810 crores. In around 1940, the journey of this famous company started when Brijmohan Lall Munjal began as a bicycle maker with the aid of his three brothers. The group now worth over $4 billion officially came into existence in 1956 and has over 20 firms related to the two-wheeler industry.
