Date Submitted: Thu Mar 18, 2010
NEW YORK, NY - Two Indian women including Savitri Jindal and Indu Jain have been named among the list of world’s top billionaires compiled by the US magazine Forbes.
Jindal with a net worth of $12.2 billion has been ranked at 44th place in the global list, while Bennett, Coleman & Co’s chairperson Indu Jain at $2.8 billion comes at 354th rank.
Jindal, the non-executive chairperson of, steel and power conglomerate, OP Jindal Group, is the fifth richest woman in the world.
Retail chain major Wal-Mart’s Christy Walton is world’s richest woman with a net worth of $22.5 billion, placed at the 12th position.
Walmart’s Alice Walton follows as the second richest women in the list with a networth of $20.6 billion at the 16th place.
Walton is followed by L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt (with networth of $20 billion), Swedish packaging giant Tetra Laval’s Birgit Rausing & family ($13 billion), and Savitri Jindal ($12.2 billion).
The Forbes list of 1,011 billionaires includes 89 women from across the globe. From India, there are just two women and 48 men. (PTI)=
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