With a net worth of Rs 84,330 crore, HCL Technologies chairperson Roshni Nadar Malhotra, 40, was ranked as the wealthiest Indian woman on the ‘Kotak Private Banking Hurun-Leading Wealthy Women List 2021′ for the second year in a row. The list was compiled based on the net worth of women as of December 31, 2021. The report highlights the success stories of India’s top 100 self-made or active women entrepreneurs, businesswomen and professionals.
Falguni Nayar, 59, the founder and CEO of Nykka, overtook Biocons’ Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (net worth Rs 29,030 crore) to become the richest self-made woman in India with a wealth of Rs 57,520 crore, and securing the second spot on the list.
There are 25 new faces on the list, led by Neha Narkhede, (wealth Rs 13,380 crore) co-founder of Streaming Data Technology company, Confluent. She is the only Indian woman to feature in the Hurun Global U40 Self-made Billionaires List 2022.
Divis Labs’ Nilima Motaparti, 40, with a net worth of Rs 28,180 crore, was ranked fourth on the Kotak Private Banking Hurun Leading Wealthy Women List 2021.
Radha Vembu, 69, sister of Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu, ranks fifth on the list with a net worth of Rs 26,260 crore. She currently leads the company, along with her brother, as the Product Manager of Zoho Mail, a designation unchanged since the year 2007. She works with a team of 250 people and processes 45 plus products.
The report mentioned that the cumulative wealth of the top 100 in the list surged by 53% to Rs 4,16,970 crore from Rs 2,72,540 crore in 2020. Also, the preferred city of residence for one-fourth of the women featured in the list 2021 is Delhi NCR region, followed by Mumbai and Hyderabad, housing 21 and 12 residents respectively.
