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Forbes Billionaires List 2022: Meet the richest Indian women billionaires

Forbes Billionaires List 2022: Meet the richest Indian women billionaires
Written by Abhishek Hari
Apr 06, 2022, 07:20 pm 2 min read
Forbes Billionaires List 2022: Meet the richest Indian women billionaires
From left to right: Savitri Jindal, Falguni Nayar, and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, who are among the 11 Indian female billionaires to be included in the list by Forbes.

Savitri Jindal, chairperson of the Jindal Group, is the richest woman in India, with a net worth of $17.7 billion, according to Forbes' Billionaires List 2022. This year, 11 Indian women, including four newcomers, were added to the global rich list. Falguni Nayar, the CEO of beauty and fashion giant Nykaa, was among the newcomers, who joined the billionaires' club in November 2021.

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Mostly Indian women billionaires from pharmaceutical sector

Women billionaires in India came primarily from the pharmaceutical industry, among others. Leena Tewari, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Savitri Jindal, Falguni Nayar, Smita Crishna-Godrej, Anu Aga, Mudula Parekh, and Sara George Muthoot were some of the names that made to the list.

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Forbes Billionaires List 2022 includes 327 women

Forbes, one of the most influential business magazines, uses stock prices and exchange rates to calculate the net worths of individuals. This year's Forbes Billionaires List has a total of 327 women. According to the report, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, the granddaughter of L'Oréal's founder, is the wealthiest woman in the world in 2022, with a net wealth of $74.8 billion.

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Meyers is succeeded by Alice Walton ($65.3 billion) on the list, the daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, who is followed by Julia Koch ($60 billion) of the Koch industries, and MacKenzie Scott ($43.5 billion). Scott recently donated $12.5 billion to nearly 1,250 organizations.

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Indian women billionaires on Forbes' List

Savitri Jindal tops the list among Indian women with a net worth of $17.7 billion. Falguni Nayar, Nykaa's CEO, has a net worth of $4.5 billion. Leena Tewari, from the pharmaceutical industry, has a net worth of $3.8 billion. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, with a net worth of $3.3 billion, is placed fourth among Indian women. Smita Crishna-Godrej has a net worth of $2.5 billion.

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Other prominent Indian women on the list

Anu Aga, with a net worth of $1.9 billion, Mudula Parekh, with a net worth of $1.8 billion, and Radha Vembu, with a net worth of $1.7 billion, were also on the list. Other notable Indian women on the Forbes List include Sara Kavita Singhania, who has a net worth of 1.1 billion, and Bhawari Surana, who has a net worth of $1 billion.

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Abhishek Hari is a JRF holder in Political Science and is currently the National Writer at NewsBytes. He has previously worked as Sub-editor at The Wire and as a political researcher at the Lok Sabha Secretariat. Hindu College, University of Delhi, and Jamia Millia Islamia are his alma mater. In his free time, he loves to play the drums and listen to classic rock and roll music.
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