INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
report by Kotak Wealth Hurun-Leading Wealthy Women 2018 featured 10 wealthiest Indian women with threshold of net worth of over Rs 8,000
She sits on the board of Godrej Industries
Crishna owns one-fifth of the Godrej Group along with her brothers
In 2014, she made news with the purchase of the bungalow belonging to late atomic physicist, Homi J Bhabha, for Rs 371 crore.
She was
followed by Roshni Nadar (net worth Rs 30,200 crore) of HCL and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (Rs 24,790 crore) of Biocon.
Roshni Nadar is the CEO and
Executive Director of HCL
She joined the company in 2013 at the age of 28
Roshni is the daughter of Shiv Nadar, the founder of the IT firm
She graduated from Northwestern University in Communications and completed her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management
She also heads the Shiv Nadar Foundation.
Kiran Nadar, Leena Gandhi Tewari, Sangita Jindal, Jayshree Ullal, Anu Aga and Shradha Agarwal
stood among other wealthiest females in India
Kiran Nadar is the wife of Shiv Nadar
The report estimated her wealth at Rs 20,120 crore
She is also a trustee of the Shiv Nadar Foundation and an art collector.
Leena Gandhi Tewari, ranks sixth with her wealth estimated at Rs
Leena chairs the privately held USV Pharma, which is the pioneer of diabetic and cardiovascular medicines in India with a growing traction
in APIs and biosimilars, among other medical solutions.
Sangita Jindal ranks seventh
The report estimated her wealth at Rs 10,450 crore as she shares her wealth with husband Sajjan Jindal, heir of the JSW Empire
Sangita is an avid art collector.
Jayshree Ullal, ranks eighth with a worth of Rs 9,490 crore
The London-born and New Delhi-bred Jayshree is the CEO of the fastest-growing cloud-networking company, Arista Networks, which is currently
valued at $19 billion under her leadership.
Anu Aga, former Chairperson of Thermax, ranks ninth in the report
Kotak Wealth Hurun - Leading Wealthy Women 2018 estimates her wealth to be Rs 8,550 crore.
Shradha Agarwal, ranks tenth in the Kotak Wealth
Hurun - Leading Wealthy Women 2018
The report estimates her wealth to be Rs 8,200 crore
In 2006, she co-founded Outcome Health, a healthcare technology and services company, formerly known as ContextMedia
In May 2017, Outcome Health raised over $500 million from investors led by Goldman Sachs, CapitalG, and Pritzker Group, valuing the company