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The Top Richest women in India ,As per the report of the “THE HAROUN” magazine report, the top 10 richest women in India for 2020 are as follows:

TOP  10 Billionaire women in India  2020.As per the report of the ” THE HAARUN” Magazine the most top 3 women in India, Roshini Nadar Malhotra, Kiran Mazumdar shaw &Leena Gandhi Tiwari.

The “National Institute of Transferring India” states that in India only 24% of women are in the workforce, compared to a global standard of 48 %. It is rather obvious that only if gender party is achieved, can India timely register the $ 5trillion GDP Mark.“Women-led businesses are the No-1 harbinger to achieve inclusion in the workforce” states Anas Rahman JunaicMD & Chief Researcher of “Harun India”.

 

According to Kotak Wealth Hurun’s report, the leading wealthy women in 2020 list as follows:

 

 

NO.1. ROSHINI NADAR MALHOTRA:

 Roshini Nadar Malhotra was born in 1981.She is the only business Indian woman the Chairperson of HCL Technologies. She is the first woman to lead a listed IT Company in India. She is the only child of HCL’S founder and billionaire industrialist Shiv Nadar.

ROSHINI NADAR MALHOTRA
ROSHINI NADAR MALHOTRA

She is the most successful woman in India with a total wealth of Rs. 54, 800crore.She is the CEO and Executive Director of HCL Corporation, a holding company that controls HCL Tech and the HCL Info system.

 

 In July-2020 She was elected as the chairperson of HCL after her father stepped down from the role Roshini Nadar grew up in Delhi, studied in Vasant Valley School, and graduate from Northwestern University. Roshini completed an MBA from Kellogschool of Management. Roshini prior to joining HCL she was worked at Sky News UK & CNN America.

 

Roshini Nadar is the chairperson of Vidya Gyan Leadership Academy, a leadership academy for the economically underprivileged. She set up the “The Habitats” trust that aims at protecting India’s natural habitats and indigenous species in a bid to create a conserve sustainable ecosystem. Nadar is also a trained, Classical musician. She married Shikhar Malhotra vice chairman of HCL Health Care.

 

 

NO.2. KIRAN MAZUMDAR SHAW:

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw was born on March 23, 1953. She is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur. She is the executive chairperson and founder of the biopharmaceutical firm “BIOCON LIMITED”. Her wealth is estimated at Rs 36,600Crore. Shaw is the first female business leader from India to sign the Giving Pledge.

 

 

LEENA GANDHI TIWARI
LEENA GANDHI TIWARI

She was educated at Bangalore’BishopCotton Girls High School, graduating in 1968. She is graduating from Bangalore University with a bachelor’s degree in Zoology in 1973. Mazumdar went to Ballarat College, Melbourne University in Australia to study malting and brewing. In 1974 she was the only woman enrolled in the brewing course and topped in her class. She earned a master’s degree in brewer in 1975.

 

She started “Biocon” in India in 1978 in the garage of her rental house in Bangalore with a seed capital of Rs.10, 000. Biocon India was able to manufacture enzymes and export them to the U.S.A. & Europe. At the end of the first year, Mazumdar used her earnings to buy a 20acrs of land with the plan to in the future.

 

In 2004 Mazumdar Shaw started a corporate social responsibility wing at Biocon, the Biocon Foundation. The foundation focuses on health, education, and fracture, especially in rural areas of Karnataka, which lack health care facilities. As of 2010, Mazumdar Shaw was named among “TIME MAGAZIN’S 100most influential people in the world.

 

 

NO.3. LEENA GANDHI TIWARI:

LEENA GANDHI TIWARI
LEENA GANDHI TIWARI

Leena Gandhi Tiwari had born on 9th March 1957 in Mumbai. She is the chairperson of USV Private Limited. A Mumbai-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology firm. Her wealth is estimated to be Rs 21,340 Crore.USV was founded by her grandfather Vithal Balkrishna Gandhi.USV earns around 80 percent of its revenue from the domestic market.

 

Leena Tiwari did her B.Com from the University of Mumbai and MBA from Boston University. She is married to Prasanta who s the Managing Director of this company. In the year she donated Rs.34Crore (US$5Million) and ranked 3rd as Indian Philanthropy by Harun’s report.

 

 

NO.4. NILIMA MOTAPARTI:-

Nilima Motaparti is the Director (Commercial) of pharmacy –Divi’s Laboratories. She is estimated of a wealth of Rs.18, 620 crores. Motaparti joined Divi’s Lab in 2012.

 

 

Nilma was educated with a Master’s degree in International Business from Gautam Institute of Foreign Trade, India. Nilima Motaparti is the richest Telgue speaking woman. Nilma Motaparti is the daughter of pharmacy legend Murali Krishna Prasad Devi. Her father is the founder of Devi Laboratories. And also the richest man in Telugu state.

NILIMA MOTAPARTI
NILIMA MOTAPARTI

The family’s wealth is around 49,200 Crore by 2020 report. The 36 years old Nilima holds the responsibility as a chief controller of the company “Devi Laboratories”.

 

 

 

NO.5. RADHA VEMBU:

Radha Vembu had born on 1973. She is the sister of ZOHO founder Sridhar Vembu. She owns the majority of stake ZOHO Corporation headquarter in Chennai a software development company. Her wealth is estimated at Rs.11, 590 Crore.

 

RADHA VEMBU
RADHA VEMBU

 Radha Vembu has a degree in industrial management from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.ZOHO Corporation was founded by his brother Sridhar Vimbo in 1996.

 

 

Radha Vimboo has managed to position the product among the top five business e-mail providers globally, competing with Microsoft and Google. According to Forbes Radha vembu is currently ranked 1730th in the world billionaire list as of 2020.

 

 

NO.6. JAYSHREE ULLAL:

JAYSHREE ULLAL
JAYSHREE ULLAL

Jayshree Ullal had born on March 27, 1961. She is the CEO of cloud networking company Arista Networks, which is presently valued at USD 16 billion. According to the report, the wealth is estimated at RS.10, 220 crore. Prior to Arista, she was the Senior Vice President at CISCO.

 

 

 Jayshree Ulalla was born in London and raised in New Delhi. She is a graduate of San Francisco University as an electrical engineer. Ullal began her career in engineering at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).In October 2008, co-founders Andy Bechtolsheim & David Cheriton were named Ullal CEO & President of Arista Networks, a Cloud Networking company located in Santa Clara, CA.

 

 

NO.7. RENU MUNJAL:-

RENU MUNJAL
RENU MUNJAL

Renu Munjal was the former Executive Director of Hero Motor Corporation. Currently, she is the Managing Director of the” Hero Finance Corporation”. She is the wife of the Late Raman Manual. Her estimated wealth is Rs.8, 690 Crore. She also takes an active interest in projects concerning women’s empowerment. Hero Finance Corporation, an associate company of Hero Moto Corp, is an Indian Nonbanking Finance Corporation (NBFC). The company is currently engaged in the consumer finance business and commercial lending.

 

 

 

NO.8. MALIKA CHIRAYU AMIN:

– Malika Chirayu Amin is the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Vadodara-based Alembic Limited. Alembic Limited is a pharmaceuticals industry. Malika has an estimated wealth of Rs.7, 570Crore.

 

MALIKA CHIRAYU AMIN
MALIKA CHIRAYU AMIN

Mrs.Malika Amin is a Master of Arts. She has been with the company since 1988. She has more than 3 decades of experience in handling Business strategy; Administration & HR. She is also the Director of the company Aavaan Limited, Sierra Investments Limited & Sierra Health care Limited.

 

 

 NO.9. ANU AGA & MEHER PUDUMJEE:

ANU AGA
ANU AGA

Anu Aga bon in 3rd August, 1942.She is the former chairperson of Pune-based engineering firm Thermax. Thermax is an energy and environment engineering. She led the company from 1996 to 2004 till handing over the reins to her daughter Meher Pudumjee. They have an estimated total wealth of Rs.5, 850 Crore.

 

MEHER PUDUMJEE
MEHER PUDUMJEE

 After retiring from Thermax, she took social works. In the year 2010, she was awarded the Padmashree for social works by the Government of India. She graduated with B.A. in Economics from St. Xavier’s College Mumbai. Anu started her carrier in Thermax in 1985 and later headed its human resources division from 1991 to 1996.

 

 

After the death of her husband Rohinton Aga, she took over as the Chairperson of Thermax retiring in the year 2004, and was succeeded by her daughter vice-chairperson Meher pudumjee. Her daughter Meher Pudumjee is the current chairperson of Thermax. She is a post-graduate in Chemical engineering from Imperial College of Science and Technology, London. She joined in Thermax 1990.

 

 

 NO10. FALGUNI NAYAR & FAMILY:-

FALGUNI NAYAR
FALGUNI NAYAR

Falguni Nayar born on 19th February 1963 is an Indian Businesswoman, who was former  Managing Director of the Kotak Mahindra Group and spent 19 years in various roles in the company. She is the founder and CEO of NYKAA. Nykaa is an online store of cosmetics and beauty products.

 

In April 2020, Nykaa entered into the unicorn club and the Mumbai-based retailer was valued at USD 1.2billion. Her wealth is estimated at Rs.5, 410Crore. Falguni Nayar is an Indian businesswoman who was a former investment banker at Kotak Mahindra for 19 years. Currently, she is the founder and CEO of the beauty and lifestyle retail company Nykaa.

 

 

In 1985 Nayar worked as a consultant in the management consulting company A F FER GUSON CO.In 1993 Nayar joined the mergers and acquisitions team at the Kotak Mahindra Group and spent 19 years in various roles at the company. In 2005 she was appointed as the Managing Director of the company and exited in 2012. In April 2012 at the age of 50, she founded NYKAA.

 


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