The title of richest woman in India has been held by Roshni Nadar Malhotra, the chairperson of HCL Technologies, for the second consecutive year. According to the third edition of the "Kotak Private Banking Hurun - Leading Wealthy Women List," Roshni Nadar's total net worth as of December 31st, 2021, was Rs 84,330 crore. Falguni Nayar, the owner of Nykaa, came in second, surpassing Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw of Biocon, with a combined wealth of Rs 57,520 crore. Falguni Nayar ranks as the tenth-richest self-made woman in the world.
According to the report, the wealth of the Hurun list's featured women nearly tripled in the previous year. The combined wealth of the top 100 people on the list increased by 53% from Rs 2.7 lakh crore in 2020 to Rs 4.16 lakh crore in 2019. In addition, the total wealth created by women was responsible for 2% of India's nominal GDP. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the CEO of Biocon, came in third on the list of the top 10 richest Indian women, with a total wealth of Rs 29,030 crore, behind Divi's Laboratories' Nilima Motaparti. The net worth of Motaparti was put at Rs 28,180 crore.
Radha Vembu of Zoho was in fifth place (Rs 26,260 crore), Leena Gandhi Tewari of USV was in sixth (Rs 24,280 crore), Anu Aga & Meher Pudumjee of Thermax were in seventh (Rs 14,530 crore), Neha Narkhede of Confluent was in eighth (Rs 13,380 crore), Vandana Lal of Dr. Lal PathLabs was in ninth (Rs 6,810 crore), and Ren (Rs 6,620 crore).
According to the report, 25 new names have been added to the list. The average wealth of women increased to Rs 4,170 crore in 2021 from Rs 2,725 crore in the previous edition of the list, according to the report's other major takeaways.
33-year-old Jetsetgo employee Kanika Tekriwal was the youngest self-made woman on the list. The report noted that the average age of the women on the list has increased by two years, to 55, since the previous list, in terms of age. Women under the age of 40 who were self-made made up nine out of twenty. The pharmaceuticals sector had the most entries (12), followed by the healthcare and consumer products industries.
