India's richie rich club has few women, Savitri Jindal at top

New Delhi, Oct 5 () As many as seven women have been named in India's 100 richest persons list, including O P

Jindal

group Chairperson Savitri Jindal and biotechnology pioneer

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

. Savitri Jindal and family ranked the highest at the 16th place on the coveted list with a net worth of USD 7.5 billion, which was topped by Mukesh Ambani for the tenth straight year with a net worth of a staggering USD 38 billion. Savitri Jindal was followed by the

Gupta

family, which was ranked at the 40th place with a fortune of USD 3.45 billion in

Forbes

magazine's annual 'India Rich List 2017'. The Gupta family gets its fortune from a 47 per cent stake in pharma major

Lupin

, founded by

Desh Bandhu Gupta

, who died in June 2017. Manju Desh Bandhu Gupta, wife of the late patriarch, is Non-Executive Chairman of Lupin. The coveted list also includes Vinod and

Anil Rai Gupta

and family, ranked 48th with a net worth of USD 3.11 billion. Mother and son Vinod and Anil Rai Gupta draw their fortune from a 60 per cent holding in flagship Havells India, founded by Vinod's late husband

Qimat Rai Gupta

in 1958 as an electricals trading business. At the 51st place is the

Jain

family with a net worth of USD 3 billion. The Jain family controls media powerhouse Bennett, Coleman and Co, which is run by brothers

Samir

and Vineet, sons of matriarch

Indu Jain

, Forbes said. Moreover, the Amalgamations family was ranked at the 63rd place with a net worth of USD 2.5 billion. The group best known for tractor manufacturer

TAFE

, and diesel engine maker

Simpson and Co

was founded by the late S

Anantharamakrishnan

. The group is chaired by S Anantharamakrishnan's son, A

Krishnamoorthy

, while the chairman's niece

Mallika Srinivasan

, a

Wharton

graduate, runs TAFE, the world's third-largest tractor maker, Forbes said. Other women on the wealthiest Indians list include

Leena Tewari

at the 71st slot with a net worth of (USD 2.19 billion). Tewari chairs privately-held

USV

India, which her late father

Vithal Gandhi

set up with

Revlon

in 1961. USV specialises in diabetic and cardiovascular drugs, with a portfolio that spans across biosimilar drugs, injectables and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Mazumdar-Shaw, with a fortune of USD 2.16 billion, was placed at the 72nd position. She is India's richest self-made woman and founded biopharma firm Biocon in 1978. Biocon makes a range of generics to treat, among much else, autoimmune diseases, diabetes and cancer. The company is Asia's largest insulin producer with a factory in

Malaysia

's

Johor

region, Forbes said. DRR ARD
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