Roshni Nadar retained as India’s richest woman for second year in a row

HCL Technologies’ Chairperson Roshni Nadar Malhotra has retained her position as the richest woman in India, for the second year in a row according to the third edition of ‘Kotak Private Banking Hurun – Leading Wealthy Women List’.
The total net worth of Roshni Nadar as on December 31, 2021 stood at Rs 84,330 crore.
She was followed by Falguni Nayar, owner of beauty brand Nykaa, with a total wealth of Rs 57,520 crore. Falguni is also the richest self-made woman in the list. It must be noted that she is also the world’s tenth richest self-made woman.
Biocon’s Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw took third spot with a total wealth of Rs 29,030 crore.
The cumulative wealth of top 100 women in the list has increased 53% in a year to Rs 4.16 lakh crore in 2021 from Rs 2.72 lakh crore in 2020.
The youngest self-made woman on the list was 33-year-old Kanika Tekriwal of Jetsetgo.
The average wealth of women in 2021 rose to Rs 4,170 crore against Rs 2,725 crore in 2020.