Did you know these top 10 wealthiest women in India? — Fortune Mistress
The new Edition of the ‘Kotak Wealth Hurun-Leading Wealthy Women’ spells out the list of wealthiest women in India, 2020. It was focused on women who play an active role in their family business, are entrepreneurs and professionals.
It’s delightful to see that women who have earned success and wealth, are recognized and shown as role models for budding and aspiring entrepreneurs. More women are showing audacious attempts to take big risks and head with a stubborn mind on an ambitious path to success.
The list of the wealthiest women in India is based on their net worth as on 30th September, 2020. The threshold for the ranking is INR 100 Crore.
Top 10 wealthiest women in India
Roshni Nadar Malhotra: HCL technologies
She recently became the chairperson of HCL Tech, after her father Shiv Nadar stepped down from the role in july this year. She is the wealthiest woman in India with a net worth of INR 54, 850 crore.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: Biocon Ltd
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is the chairperson and managing director of a Bangalore based biopharmaceuticals enterprise named Biocon. She has been on the Forbes list of World’s ‘Self Made Women Billionaires’ and also on the TIME magazine’s list of 100 most influential people in the world. Ms Kiran is the recipient of Padma Shri(1989) and Padma Bhushan(2005) which are India’s one the highest civilian honours. She is one of the wealthiest women in India with a net worth of INR 36,600 crores.
Leena Gandhi Tewari-USV
An author and the chairperson of USV technologies, Leena Tewari, leads the pharma enterprise, that her grandfather had founded in 1961 in partnership with Revlon. She completed her Masters in Business Administration from The Boston University. Her estimated net worth is around INR 21,340 crores.
Nilima Motaparti, Divi’s Laboratories
She is the director(Commercial) of a pharma company, Divi’s Laboratories and she has a net worth of INR 18,620 crores.
Radha Vembu: Zoho Corp
She is a billionaire who owns a majority stake in the Indian software development company named Zoho Corporation. According to Kotak Wealth Hurun Report, her current net worth is INR 11,590 crores.
Jayshree Ullal: Arista Networks
Jayshree is the the CEO and President of the cloud-networking company called Arista Networks. Her net worth is calculated to be around INR 10,220 crores. She led the company to a historic IPO in 2014 from zero to a multi-billion dollar business. She has been the recipient of the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year award, 2015, Barron World’s Best CEOs in 2018, and one of Fortune’s Best business persons in 2019.
Renu Munjal: Hero Fincorp
Renu Munjal is the Managing director of Hero FinCorp. Also, She is one of the directors on the board of Easy Bill. A former executive director of the Hero MotoCorp, she has a net worth of about INR 8,690 crores.
Malika Chirayu Amin: Alembic Ltd
Malika Chirayu is the Executive director, MD and CEO of Alembic Pharmaceuticals. Her net worth came out to be INR 7,570 crores, according to the report.
Anu Aga and Meher Pudumjee: Thermax
Ana Aga is the former chairperson of the Thermax Ltd, a company providing energy and environmental solutions. She was the chairperson from 1996 to 2004 after which the leadership was handed over to her daughter Meher Pudumjee. Meher Pudumjee bagged the ‘CEO of the year’ reward by Business Standard in 2009. Their net worth is around INR 5,850 crores.
Falguni Nayar and Family: Nykaa
Falguni Nayar is the founder and CEO of the online store Nykaa. It is multi-brand omnichannel and beauty focused retail business. Ms Nayar received the ‘Women Ahead’ award at the Economic Times Startup Awards, 2017. She was named as the businessperson of the year 2019 by Vogue India. She became the 10th wealthiest woman in India with current net worth estimated to be around INR 5,410 crore.
Originally published at https://fortunemistress.com on December 7, 2020.
