Nirmala Sitharaman

India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds the 34th position in the Forbes list. She ranks ahead of Queen Elizabeth II and Ivanka Trump.

Sitharaman is one of the three women in PM Modi’s 25-member cabinet.

In 2017, she became India’s first full-time Defence Minister. She is also the second female to hold the position of Finance Minister, after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.