India's wealthiest women
The list includes hands-on enterpreneurs, next-gen scions and matriarchs holding sprawling family empires together


 Vinod Rai Gupta and Anil Rai Gupta of Havells With Biocon’s two biosimilars getting USFDA approvals, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw’s ranking has seen the sharpest surge this year. She moved from No 72 to No 39.
Vinod Rai Gupta and Anil Rai Gupta of Havells With Biocon’s two biosimilars getting USFDA approvals, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw’s ranking has seen the sharpest surge this year. She moved from No 72 to No 39.
Mallika Srinivasan runs TAFE, started by her father in 1960 and part of the Amalgamations Group. The group is at No 70 on the list.
Leena Tewari, ranked 64 with a net worth of $2.52 billion, is heir to and chairs USV India, set up by her father Vithal Gandhi in 1961. Her husband Prashant runs the company.
The richest individual woman remains the matriarch of the OP Jindal Group with a personal worth of $8.35 billion, Savitri Jindal is the 14th richest person in India. Jindal is chairperson emeritus of the group, with four sons running various companies in the sprawling empire.
First Published: Nov 20, 2018, 10:55
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