04-06-2025
India's 10 self-made women build Rs 2 lakh cr empire: Zoho's Radha Vembu, Juhi Chawla feature in Hurun's list
Top 10 First-Generation Women Wealth Creators (2025)
Rank Name Wealth (₹ Cr) Age City Company Industry 1 Radha Vembu 55,300 52 Chengalpattu Zoho Corporation Software & Services 2 Jayshree Ullal 48,900 63 Santa Clara, US Arista Networks Software & Services 3 Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw 32,000 71 Bengaluru Biocon Healthcare 4 Falguni Nayar 29,000 61 Mumbai Nykaa Retail 5 Neha Narkhede 6,800 41 Palo Alto, US Confluent Software & Services 6 Kavitha Subramanian 6,500 43 Mumbai Upstox Financial Services 7 Neha Bansal 5,100 43 Delhi Lenskart Retail 8 Indra K Nooyi 4,800 69 New York, US PepsiCo (former CEO) Food & Beverages 9 Juhi Chawla 4,600 57 Mumbai Knight Riders Sports Media & Entertainment 10 Meena Sethi 2,700 80 Delhi Orient Fashion Exports Textiles & Apparel
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Ten first-generation women wealth creators have accumulated a combined wealth of nearly Rs 2 lakh crore, according to the 2025 Candere Hurun India Women Leaders List released on Wednesday. The list highlights women who have built billion-dollar businesses from scratch, primarily in the software, healthcare, retail, and financial services the list is Radha Vembu, co-founder of Zoho Corporation , with a reported wealth of Rs 55,300 crore. She is followed by Jayshree Ullal, CEO of US-based Arista Networks, whose wealth is estimated at Rs 48,900 of the top 10 women are based in India, while the remaining three reside in the United software and services sector continues to dominate, contributing Rs 1.11 lakh crore of the total wealth. Other industries represented in the list include healthcare, retail, finance, textiles, and media.
