- There are only 40 women in IIFL Hurun’s Rich List 2020 — including Smita V Crishna, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Manju D Gupta, and Leena Gandhi Tewari.
- The richest woman in India is 69-year old Smita V Crishna, who’s the third-generation heir to the billion-dollar Godrej empire.
- Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is the second richest woman in India and has seen over 70% increase in her wealth during COVID-19.
India produces most billionaires in the world after the US and China. However, women billionaires are few and far between. As of now, 828 people own more than ₹1,000 crore wealth — and only 5% of them are women, according to Hurun’s Rich List 2020.
The richest woman in India is 69-year old Smita V Crishna, who’s the third-generation heir to the billion-dollar Godrej empire. She’s worth ₹32,400 crore — which is equivalent to 5% of what Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man is worth.
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is the second richest woman in India and has seen over 70% increase in her wealth during COVID-19.
There are only 40 women in IIFL Hurun’s latest rich list 2020 — including Smita V Crina, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Manju D Gupta, and Leena Gandhi Tewari. And, none of them feature in the top 25 richest individuals in India, according to the Hurun Rich List 2020
Moreover, the number of women billionaires has reduced significantly from
152 in 2019 to 40 this year. Here’s the list of top ten women billionaires in India -