Women's Era: 9 Female Billionaires Around The World

By siliconindia | Monday, 02 February 2015, 11:22 Hrs

# Savitri Jindal
Net Worth- $14.4 Billion

Savitri Jindal is the wealthiest woman in India and the world's 56th richest person. This Indian steel baroness is the non-executive chairperson of O.P. Jindal Group and is the member of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha.

She also had served as a Minister of Power in the Government of Haryana until 2010. She became the chairperson of the company upon the death of her husband, O. P. Jindal, in a helicopter crash in 2005.

In actual practice, it’s her four sons, Prithviraj, Sajjan, Ratan and Naveen who run the businesses. Jindal Steel & Power is the biggest asset of the Jindal family, which is run by the youngest son Naveen, a member of parliament.

# Birgit Rausing
Net worth- $13 Billion

Birgit Rausing inherited the food-packaging giant Tetra Laval when her husband Gad Rausing died in 2000, making her one of the richest women in the world.

The company was founded in 1944 by Gad’s dad who revolutionized the packaging of liquids such as juices and milk. Tetra Laval employs more than 31,000 people in 165 countries today.

All her three children are on Tetra Laval's board. While her son Jorn is the head of mergers and acquisitions, son Finn is the chairman of the board of the Swedish R.R. Institute of Applied Economics and daughter Kirsten is a horse breeder in the UK.