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Politician and chairperson emerita of Jindal Group, Savitri Jindal, 73, is India’s richest woman and has a net worth of $17 billion. She’s followed by Rohiqa Cyrus Mistry and Rekha Jhunjhunwala, in that order. Apart from these three, Vinod Rai Gupta, 77, and Leena Tewari, 65 make the top 5.
Vinod Rai Gupta is the wife of Qimat Rai Gupta, the founder of Havells India. She has a net worth of $4 billion. Tewari, meanwhile, is a pharma heir with a net worth of $3.4 billion. In 1961, her late father Vithal Gandhi set up the pharmaceutical company USV, which specialises in diabetic and cardiovascular drugs, among others.