Meet the top 10 wealthiest women in India

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Vaamanaa SethiJul 27, 2022, 18:02 IST
Meet the top 10 wealthiest women in India

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  • The cumulative wealth of the top 100 women in the list surged by 53% to ₹4,16,970 crore.
  • The list is based on the networth calculated as on December 31, 2021.
  • These are the top 10 richest women in India, as per the Kotak-Hurun list.
The Kotak Private Banking Hurun Leading Wealthy Women list of 2021 has a few surprises.

The list this year has 25 new entrants, and they have turned wealthier too. The report says that the cut-off wealth required to feature in the list has almost tripled since last year to ₹300 crore.

The cumulative wealth of the top 100 women in the list surged by 53% to ₹4,16,970 crore from ₹2,72,540 crore in 2020. The cumulative wealth of these women constitute 2% of India's nominal GDP.

The list is based on the networth calculated as on December 31, 2021.

These are the top 10 richest women in India, as per the Kotak-Hurun list —
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Roshni Nadar Malhotra — chairperson of HCL Technologies

Roshni Nadar Malhotra — chairperson of HCL Technologies
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Wealth: ₹84,330 crore | Malhotra tops the list for the second time in a row. Under her leadership, the company purchased seven IBM products worth ₹13,740 crore, which is reportedly the largest deal in HCL’s history.

Falguni Nayar & family — founder and ceo of Nykaa

Falguni Nayar & family — founder and ceo of Nykaa
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Wealth: ₹57,520 crore | Nayar is India’s richest self-made woman and the world’s tenth richest self-made woman. Her wealth increased 963 percent in a span of just one year, after her company Nykaa went public in 2021.

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Kiran Mazumdar Shaw — founder of Biocon

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw — founder of Biocon
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Wealth: ₹29,030 crore | After Nayar, the founder of Biocon, is the richest self-made billionaire in India. Shaw has been devising ways to make medications more affordable for underdeveloped countries.

Nilima Motaparti — director at Divi’s Laboratories

Nilima Motaparti — director at Divi’s Laboratories
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Wealth: ₹28,180 crore | For the past five years, as a director of the company, she 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.

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Radha Vembu — co-founder of Zoho

Radha Vembu — co-founder of Zoho
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Wealth: ₹26,260 crore | Vembu has founded the tech company 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.

Leena Gandhi Tewari — chairperson of USV

Leena Gandhi Tewari — chairperson of USV
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Wealth: ₹24,280 crore | Tewari, the businesswoman and author, is the most charitable woman in the list. She has donated over ₹24 crore to the healthcare sector, according to the report. Her wealth saw no change in 2021.

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Anu Aga and Meher Pudumjee — director of Thermax

Anu Aga and Meher Pudumjee — director of Thermax
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Wealth: ₹14,530 crore | Meher, Anu’s daughter, was named chairperson of Thermax in 2003 and has effectively led the company after Anu stepped down from the company board in 2018. The mother-daughter duo’s wealth amplified by almost 148 percent in the last one year.

Neha Narkhede — co-founder, CTO and CPO of Confluent

Neha Narkhede — co-founder, CTO and CPO of Confluent
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Wealth: ₹13,380 crore | Narkhede 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.

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Vandana Lal — director at Dr Lal PathLabs

Vandana Lal — director at Dr Lal PathLabs
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Wealth: ₹6,810 crore | She is a new entrant to the top ten list. She is also the head of Dr Lal PathLabs’ research and development department and joined the company in 1983 after graduating from Lady Hardinge Medical College with an master’s degree in pathology.

Renu Munjal — MD of Hero Fincorp

Renu Munjal — MD of Hero Fincorp
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Wealth: ₹6,620 crore | Wife of the late Raman Munjal, she is currently the managing director of Hero FinCorp and the former executive director of Hero MotoCorp. She is also involved in a variety of humanitarian efforts.

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