Note: The information provided in this article corresponds to data collected on April 21, 2025.
Let’s look at the journey of India’s richest women.
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1. Savitri Jinda
- Age: 75 years
- Residence: Hisar, Haryaba
Savitri Jindal ranks number one among India's richest women. She is the chairperson emeritus of OP Jindal Group and inherited the empire after her husband O.P. Jindal’s death in 2005. Notably, Jindal is the only woman billionaire in India in 2025 among India’s top 10 richest persons.
Besides business, Jindal entered politics, winning a Haryana Vidhan Sabha seat in 2005 from Hisar. She was reelected in 2009 and was appointed as a cabinet minister of the Haryana government in 2013. In October 2024, she contested independently in Haryana State Assembly elections and became the MLA from Hisar seat.
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2. Rekha Jhunjhunwala
- Age: 61 years
- Residence: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Rekha Jhunjhunwala steps into her husband Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's role. Following Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's death in 2022, she inherited his stock portfolio and became one of the richest women in India. Her investments span 29 companies, encompassing Titan, Tata Motors, and Crisil. The name of Jhunjhunwala's privately owned firm Rare Enterprises is the combination of the first initials of her name and her husband's name.
3. Renuka Jagtiani
- Age: 71 years
- Residence: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Jagtiani holds the positions of chairwoman at the Landmark Group, which is a global consumer conglomerate with its headquarters located in Dubai. This extensive enterprise was established by her spouse, Micky Jagtiani, in1973, and has since grown to have a significant presence in the retail and hospitality sectors worldwide.
For over two decades, she has played a pivotal role in guiding the company's corporate strategy and its foray into new markets. In her capacity as the leader of the company, Jigtiani is responsible for the oversight of more than 50,000 employees. As of December 2024, the group had a presence across 17 countries in the Middle East, Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. In November 2024, the group announced plans to invest $1 billion over three years to open 400 new stores in the GCC, India, and Southeast Asia.
4. Smita Crishna-Godrej
- Age: 74 years
- Residence: Mumbai, India
Smita Crishna-Godrej, a member of the prestigious Godrej clan, holds a significant 20 percent stake in the family's assets. Smita made headlines when she acquired Mehrangir, once the residence of nuclear physicist Homi Bhabha, in South Mumbai for Rs372 crore. The Godrej family controls the $5.2 billion (revenue) Godrej Group, a 126-year-old consumer-goods giant, according to Forbes.
5. Vinod Gupta
- Age: 79 years
- Residence: Patiala, Punjab
Vinod Gupta and her son Anil Rai Gupta run Havells India, a major player in the country's electrical equipment industry. The company was founded by Vinod’s late husband Qimat Rai Gupta. With a presence in more than 50 countries, Havells operates 14 product manufacturing facilities. In 2024, Havells expanded its product range by launching built-in kitchen appliances such as cooking stoves and chimneys.
6. Leena Gandhi Tewari
- Age: 67 years
- Residence: Suburban Mumbai
Leena Gandhi Tewari is Chairman at USV, a global pharmaceutical and biotech company. The company was set up by her father Vithal Gandhi with Revlon in 1961. USV specialises in diabetic and cardiovascular drugs. And has a portfolio that spans biosimilar drugs, injectables and active pharmaceutical ingredients.
USV notably acquired German generics firm Juta Pharma in 2018. Leena authored 'Beyond Pipes and Dreams,' a biography of her grandfather Vithal Balkrishna Gandhi.Her daughter Aneesha Gandhi Tewari, a PhD in molecular biology from MIT, joined the USV board in August 2022.
7. Falguni Nayar
- Age: 62 years
- Residence: Mumbai, India
Falguni Nayar, once an investment banker, now entrepreneur, experienced an astonishing 963% surge in her wealth in 2021 following Nykaa's successful initial public offering. This propelled her to become one of the richest women of India and one of the few self-made female billionaires in the country recently.
Before Nykaa, Nayar had been the managing director at Kotak Mahindra Capital. Falguni Nayar is now India's richest self-made billionaire woman and ranks tenth globally among self-made billionaire women. Nykaa sells thousands of brands online as well through nearly 200 stores across India. Its notable investors include US equity firm TPG Growth, Marico chairman Harsh Mariwala, and Harry Banga, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of The Caravel Group Limited.
8. Radha Vembu
- Age: 52 years
- Residence: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Radha Vembu, co-founder of Zoho, the Chennai-based technology company, has held the position of Zoho Mail's product manager since 2007. Her enduring leadership in creating a global product has led her to find a place among the richest women in India.
Zoho's impressive journey saw its revenues surge past $1 billion in 2021, resulting in a substantial 127% increase in Radha Vembu's wealth during the same year. Her contributions are a testament to her pivotal role in Zoho's success story.
Vembu also oversees Zoho Workplace, and is involved in the workings of over 45 products put out by the Zoho Corporation.
9. Mahima Datla
- Age: 47
- Residence: Hyderabad, Telangana
Mahima Datla is among a handful of women leaders in the Indian pharmaceutical sector. Her company, Biological E, sells vaccines to over 100 countries globally and has supplied more than two billion vaccines in the last decade alone. The managing director holds 83 percent shares of the company started by her paternal and maternal grandfathers in 1953. Today, about 70 percent of the company’s business comes from vaccines, while the remaining 30 percent comes from the specialty injectables division.
10. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
- Age: 72 years
- Residence: Bangalore, Karnataka
Mazumdar-Shaw is a first generation entrepreneur, and she founded the biopharmaceuticals company Biocon in 1978 out of her garage. It has the largest insulin producing factory in Asia, located in Malaysia. Her riches swelled after the successful IPO of her company, Biocon. In 2022, the company acquired the biosimilars business of Viatris in the US for $3 billion. In the latest news, Biocon-backed cancer therapy company Bicara Therapeutics raised $362 million in an IPO on the Nasdaq in September 2024.