Smita Crishna Godrej

Who is Smita Crishna-Godrej?

Who is Smita Crishna-Godrej? She is a member of the Godrej family who, with her brother Jamshyd Godrej, controls Godrej Enterprises Group, the unlisted Mumbai conglomerate built around Godrej & Boyce 14. Godrej & Boyce makes locks, safes, appliances, furniture and storage systems, and supplies industrial, aerospace and energy equipment 5.

Unlike her brother, she does not hold an executive role in the group and keeps a low public profile; she is not listed among Godrej & Boyce’s current directors 6. Her daughter Nyrika Holkar is the group’s executive director and, according to Forbes, is tipped to succeed Jamshyd as chairperson 16.

In April 2024 the Godrej family split its 127-year-old business in two. Her cousins Adi and Nadir Godrej kept the five listed companies, and Smita and Jamshyd took Godrej & Boyce, its affiliates and the family’s Mumbai land bank 4. Both groups still use the Godrej brand 4.

How did Smita Crishna-Godrej make her money?

Forbes does not class her fortune as self-made 1. Her wealth comes from three sources:

1. The family company: She inherited her stake in Godrej & Boyce, founded in 1897 by her grandfather Pirojsha Godrej and his brother Ardeshir 4. In the year to March 2026 the company reported standalone operating income of ₹21,595.5 crore 5.
2. Mumbai land: Forbes calls the 3,400-acre land holding in suburban Mumbai the siblings’ biggest asset; about 3,000 acres are at Vikhroli and roughly 1,000 acres of that are developable 14.
3. Listed shares: Forbes’ data also credits her with stakes in four listed Godrej companies 1.

See Smita Crishna-Godrej’s net worth.

What companies does Smita Crishna-Godrej own?

Her main holding is her share of Godrej & Boyce, which owns most of the Vikhroli land 4. About 23% of Godrej & Boyce is held by the Pirojsha Godrej Foundation, a charitable trust 7. Forbes also lists shares in Godrej Consumer Products, Godrej Properties, Godrej Industries and Godrej Agrovet 1. See Smita Crishna-Godrej’s companies.

What is Smita Crishna-Godrej’s net worth?

Forbes’ real-time list put Smita Crishna-Godrej’s net worth at $5.07 billion (about ₹48,270 crore) on 5 November 2026, 41st in India and 852nd in the world 12. That is almost exactly her brother’s figure; both rose 0.35% that day 13.

Early life

Forbes gives her date of birth as 30 December 1950, which makes her 75 1. She is the daughter of Naval and Soonuben Godrej and the younger sister of Jamshyd 110. Details of her schooling have not been reliably published. Read the Smita Crishna-Godrej biography.

Who is in Smita Crishna-Godrej’s family?

She was married to Vijay Crishna, a stage and film actor who also worked for the Godrej group for 45 years; he died on 3 March 2026, aged 81 8. They have two daughters: Nyrika Holkar, executive director of Godrej & Boyce, and Freyan Crishna Bieri, an interior architect and non-executive director 68. See Smita Crishna-Godrej’s family.

Where does Smita Crishna-Godrej live?

Forbes lists her home city as Mumbai 1. No reliable details of her home have been published. See Smita Crishna-Godrej’s lifestyle.

Smita Crishna-Godrej’s career at a glance

Key dates: birth (1950), her elder daughter Nyrika’s birth (1982), the family split (2024) and her husband’s death (2026). See the Smita Crishna-Godrej timeline.

Rankings Smita Crishna-Godrej appears in

• Richest people in India: #41 on Forbes real-time, 5 November 2026 1

• Richest people in conglomerates, alongside Jamshyd Godrej

• Other women on the list include Renuka Jagtiani

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