According to Forbes’ Billionaires List 2022, Savitri Jindal, chairperson of the Jindal Group, is the richest woman in India, with a net worth of $17.7 billion. This year, 11 Indian women, including four newcomers, were added to the global rich list. Falguni Nayar, the CEO of beauty and fashion conglomerate Nykaa, was among the newcomers, having joined the billionaires club following a successful IPO in November last year.
According to the report, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, the granddaughter of L’OrĂ©al’s founder, is the richest woman in the world this year, with a net worth of $74.8 billion. Meyers’ net worth has more than doubled in the last two years, rising from $48.9 billion in 2020.
This year, there are 327 women on the Forbes billionaires list. Meyers was followed by Alice Walton ($65.3 billion), the only daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, Julia Koch ($60 billion) of the Koch industries, and MacKenzie Scott ($43.5 billion), who recently donated $12.5 billion to more than 1,250 organisations.
Women billionaires in India came primarily from the pharmaceutical and other industries. Among the notable names on the list were Leena Tewari, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, and Smita Crishna-Godrej.
Here’s the list of Indian women on the Forbes Billionaires List 2022:
Rank | Name | Net Worth | Source |
91. | Savitri Jindal | $17.7 billion | Steel |
637. | Falguni Nayar | $4.5 billion | Fashion and retail |
778. | Leena Tewari | $3.8 billion | Pharmaceuticals |
913. | Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw | $3.3 billion | Biopharmaceuticals |
1238. | Smita Crishna-Godrej | $2.5 billion | Consumer goods |
1579. | Anu Aga | $1.9 billion | Engineering |
1645. | Mudula Parekh | $1.8 billion | Manufacturing |
1729. | Radha Vembu | $1.7 billion | Business software |
2076. | Sara George Muthoot | $1.4 billion | Finance |
2448. | Kavita Singhania | $1.1 billion | Cement |
2578. | Bhawari Bai Surana | $1 billion | Pharmaceutical |
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