Indu Jain
Indu Jain
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At a Glance
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Age79
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Earnings$ 1.85 Billion
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Source of earningsMedia
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Marital StatusWidow
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Children2
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ResidenceDelhi
Forbes India Lists
#57 India Rich List 2015
#31 India Rich List Rank 2014
#29 India Rich List Rank 2013
Profile
Matriarch chairs media conglomerate Bennett, Coleman & Co., which, among much else, publishes daily newspaper The Times of India, the world's largest daily newspaper by circulation; The Economic Times, the world's biggest financial newspaper after the Wall Street Journal; and the Indian edition of The Huffington Post. Sons Samir and Vineet run the $1 billion (revenues) group, which also owns popular TV channels Times Now and ET Now. The Jains are setting up Bennett University near Delhi to offer entrepreneurship education in collaboration with U.S.' Babson College.
