HCL's Roshni Nadar Tops the List of India's Wealthiest Women

By: WE STAFF | Friday, 4 December 2020

A new study by Hurun India, in association with Kotak Wealth, has named top 100 women wealth creators and leaders, which included many self-made business entrepreneurs, start-up founders and professional managers. In the same study, it has been founded that the chairperson of HCL Technologies, Roshni Nadar Malhotra is India’s wealthiest active women right now. Roshni, who secured 54th rank on the Forbes World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list last year, has a fortune of Rs. 54,850 crore, as per the study report.

The cumulative wealth of women wealth creators on the list stood at Rs. 2,72,540 crore, the report said. There are 38 women in the list, who had a wealth of Rs. 1,000 crore and above. The average age of the women featured on the list is 53 years, the report added.

With a fortune of Rs. 36,600 crore, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the chairperson and managing director of Biocon stands as India’s second-richest woman. The third on the Kotak Wealth Hurun list is Leena Gandhi Tewari, who chairs privately-held USV, which is a pioneer in diabetic and cardiovascular medicines in India. The fourth on the list is Nilima Motaparti. Her fortunes are worth Rs. 18,620 crore. Nilima is the Director (Commercial) of Divi’s Laboratories. Radha Vembu, sister of Zoho founder Sridhar, ranks fifth on the Kotak Wealth Hurun. The report estimates her wealth to be Rs. 11,590 crore.

The top ten list includes other women namely Jayshree Ullal of Arista Networks at 6th position, Renu Munjal of Hero FinCorp at 7th, Malika Chirayu Amin of Alembic Pharmaceuticals at 8th, Anu Aga and Meher Pudumjee of Thermax at 9th and Falguni Nayar and family of Nykaa at 10th position.