Richest woman in India: Roshni Nadar Malhotra on Hurun, Savitri Jindal on Forbes

The richest woman in India is Roshni Nadar Malhotra on the M3M Hurun India Rich List 2026, with ₹2.79 lakh crore, and Savitri Jindal on Forbes’ real-time list, with $41.3 billion (about ₹3.9 lakh crore at ₹94 to the dollar). The two lists disagree because they count families differently. Roshni Nadar Malhotra, 45, chairs HCLTech and ranks fifth among all Indians on Hurun’s list, according to Business Standard. 123

Who is the richest woman in India?

List	Date	Richest woman	Wealth
M3M Hurun India Rich List 2026	Valued 24 Aug 2026	Roshni Nadar Malhotra and family	₹2.79 lakh crore (about $29.1 billion)
Forbes real-time list	12 Nov 2026	Savitri Jindal and family	$41.3 billion (about ₹3.9 lakh crore)

Hurun’s dollar figure is its own conversion at ₹95.88 to the dollar. Forbes counted Savitri Jindal as the eighth-richest woman in the world, and Hurun does not place her in its top 10. 13

Roshni Nadar Malhotra: Hurun’s richest woman

Roshni Nadar Malhotra became chairperson of HCLTech after her father, Shiv Nadar, transferred leadership of the family’s technology business to her. She also runs the Shiv Nadar Foundation, which funds education, culture and research. In 2025 she ranked in Hurun’s top three for the first time, with ₹2.84 lakh crore, the Free Press Journal reported, and she is fifth in 2026. 124

Savitri Jindal: Forbes’ richest woman in India

Savitri Jindal and her family head the Jindal Group, a steel and power conglomerate founded by her late husband, O.P. Jindal. Forbes valued the family at $41.3 billion on 12 November, which made her the 50th richest person in the world, and she was the only Indian woman in the top 20 of the world’s richest women. See our list of the wealthiest women in the world. 3

Why Forbes and Hurun give different answers

Hurun lists the HCL fortune under Roshni Nadar Malhotra and her family, while Forbes lists her father, Shiv Nadar, at $30.85 billion, which is below Savitri Jindal’s $41.3 billion. Hurun also uses its own valuations from 24 August, while Forbes’ figures move daily. The result is that the same group of people can be ranked differently depending on how family holdings are grouped. 13

How many women are on India’s rich list?

Women account for 131 names on Hurun’s 2026 list of 1,810 people worth at least ₹1,000 crore, up from 100 last year. The richest self-made woman is Jayshree Ullal, CEO of Arista Networks, with ₹77,400 crore. Founders such as Falguni Nayar of Nykaa and investors such as Rekha Jhunjhunwala are among the women whose profiles we cover. 1

How does India’s richest woman compare with the world’s?

The world’s richest woman, Alice Walton, is worth $134.5 billion on Forbes’ list, more than three times Savitri Jindal’s fortune. Our guide to the richest woman in the world and the numbers on women billionaires explain the gap. 3

What happens next

The next Hurun list is due in 2027, and Forbes updates its order daily. The share of women on India’s rich list has risen sharply in a year, from 100 to 131 names, so the ranking may widen. We refresh this page when either list changes. For the full ranking of Indians, see the top 10 richest people in India.

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