Meet India's richest women

Top richest women of India : Kotak Private Banking and Hurun India launched the third edition of the Leading Wealthy Women List, based on the net worth of women as of December 31, 2021. Here's the list:

Roshni Nadar Malhotra, the recently appointed Chairperson of the INR 70,680 crore global technology company, HCL Technologies, ranks first on the Kotak Wealth Hurun - Leading Wealthy Women List 2020. The report estimates her wealth to be INR 54,850 crore.

Falguni Nayar, the founder and CEO of beauty e-commerce platform Nykaa overtook Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairperson of Biocon, to become the richest self-made woman with a wealth of Rs. 57,520 crores.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Founder & MD of Biocon, ranks second on the Kotak Wealth Hurun - Leading Wealthy Women List 2020. The report estimates her wealth to be INR 36,600 crore.

Leena Gandhi Tewari ranks third on the Kotak Wealth Hurun - Leading Wealthy Women List 2020. The report estimates her wealth to be INR 21,340 crore. Leena chairs privately-held USV, which is a pioneer in diabetic and cardiovascular medicines in India with growing traction in APIs and biosimilars among other medical solutions.

Nilima Motaparti For the past five years, as a director of Divi’s Laboratories, Nilima oversaw all elements of Divi’s Laboratories’ material sourcing and procurement, corporate finance, and investor relations. Her wealth surged by over 50 percent during the year.

Radha Vembu
sister of Zoho founder Sridhar, ranks fifth on the Kotak Wealth Hurun - Leading Wealthy Women List 2020. Radha Vembu founded the tech company, Zoho Mail with her brother Sridhar Vembu and has been co-leading it since 2007. Based out of Chennai, this product manager of Zoho Mail, saw her wealth rise by 127 percent in one year.

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Jayshree Ullal
Jayshree Ullal ranks sixth on the Kotak Wealth Hurun - Leading Wealthy Women List 2020. The report estimates her wealth to be INR 10,220 crore. London-born, Jayshree is the CEO of the fastest-growing cloud-networking company, Arista Networks, which is currently valued at USD 16 billion under her leadership.

Neha Narkhede, the co-founder, CTO and CPO, is the eighth richest new member in the list. In June 2021, Confluent’ valuation rose 25% on the NASDAQ, to hit $11.4 billion (₹84,930 crore), according to the report.

Vandana Lal, director at Dr Lal PathLabs is a new entrant to the top ten list. She is also the head of Dr Lal PathLabs’ research and development department with a wealth of Rs 6,810 crore.