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Meet the top 10 wealthiest women in India

Vaamanaa SethiJul 27, 2022, 18:02 IST

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The cumulative wealth of the top 100 women in the list surged by 53% to ₹4,16,970 crore.
The list is based on the networth calculated as on December 31, 2021.
These are the top 10 richest women in India, as per the Kotak-Hurun list.

The Kotak Private Banking Hurun Leading Wealthy Women list of 2021 has a few surprises.

The list this year has 25 new entrants, and they have turned wealthier too. The report says that the cut-off wealth required to feature in the list has almost tripled since last year to ₹300 crore.

The cumulative wealth of the top 100 women in the list surged by 53% to ₹4,16,970 crore from ₹2,72,540 crore in 2020. The cumulative wealth of these women constitute 2% of India's nominal GDP.

The list is based on the networth calculated as on December 31, 2021.

These are the top 10 richest women in India, as per the Kotak-Hurun list —

Roshni Nadar Malhotra — chairperson of HCL Technologies

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Falguni Nayar & family — founder and ceo of Nykaa

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Kiran Mazumdar Shaw — founder of Biocon

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Nilima Motaparti — director at Divi’s Laboratories

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Radha Vembu — co-founder of Zoho

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Leena Gandhi Tewari — chairperson of USV

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Anu Aga and Meher Pudumjee — director of Thermax

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Neha Narkhede — co-founder, CTO and CPO of Confluent

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Vandana Lal — director at Dr Lal PathLabs

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Renu Munjal — MD of Hero Fincorp

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Gautam Adani is the only Indian in the world’s top 10 richest list