5 Indian Women Who Made it to the Forbes World's Billionaires List

BENGALURU: The Forbes list of world’s richest people saw 190 women billionaires that are a little over 10 percent of the total count. It has been observed that the number of women in the coveted rich list declined from last year, as reported by NDTV Profit. According to a survey, of the total 1,810 billionaires in this year, 190 were women. This clearly shows the dip in the number that was 197 in the year 2015. Moreover, women still account for just a small percentage - a little over 10 per cent of the total rich population.

Among the number of Indian women that were present on the list, Savitri Jindal and family is ranked 453^rd on the list with a net worth of $3.5 billion (Rs 23,639 crore at $1 = Rs 67.54). It is said that in the past five years, Savitri Jindal’s fortune has declined by close to $ 10 billion due to a down-slide in shares of her OP Jindal group of companies.

Second to Savitri Jindal, is Indu Jain who chairs the media conglomerate Bennett, Coleman & Co. She is placed at the 549 rank globally, with a net worth of $3.1 billion (Rs 20,937 crore). The others on the list include Smita Crishna-Godrej, who is at the 810^th position with a net worth of $2.2 billion (Rs 14,859 crore). It is her maiden appearance on the billionaires list by virtue of the one-fifth stake she holds in the family assets.

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It is a debut appearance of the low profile heiress Leena Tewari debuts on the Forbes billionaires list, who chairs and owns the privately held Indian generics maker USV known for its drugs to cure diabetes and cardiovascular diseases among others. She is placed at the 1067^th position with a net value of $ 1.7 billion (Rs 11,482 crore).

Vinod Gupta, the wife of Late Qimat Rai Gupta, is ranked 1577^th with assets of $1.1 billion. She inherited her husband’s shares in the electrical firm, Havells India. Globally ranking at the 11^th position is the grand dame of L’Oreal, Liliane Bettencourt and her children among the richest women in the world. Alice Walton (16^th position) and Jacqueline Mars at the 27^th position follows respectively.