#1 Savitri Jindal & Family – Net Worth: $5.5 Billion (USD)
Age: 64
Source of Wealth: Steel
World Rank – 295
Savitri Jindal (20 March 1950) is an Indian steel baroness, the wealthiest woman in India and the world's 80th richest person. She is the non-executive chairperson of O.P. Jindal Group, and member of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, (Legislative Assembly). She also served as a Minister of Power in the Government of Haryana until 2010. She became the chairperson after her husband, O. P. Jindal, died in a helicopter crash in 2005.
As of March 2012, Savitri Jindal and her family were listed by Forbes as the world's 80th "richest person", with a net worth of US$10.9 billion. They ranked as the fourth richest in India.
#2 Indu Jain – Net Worth: $2.5 Billion (USD)
Age: 77
Source of Wealth: Media
World Rank – 725
Indu Jain belongs to the Sahu Jain family and is the current chairperson of India's largest media group, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., which owns the Times of India and other large newspapers. Indu Jain was married to Ashok Kumar Jain by whom she had two sons, Samir Jain, Vineet Jain and a daughter.
Indu Jain is Chairperson of The Times Group. She is a spiritualist, an entrepreneur, an educationalist, a humanist, a patron of art and culture. In her capacity as Chairperson of The Times Group, Indu has since infused new energy into the growth of India's largest media house.
Ms Jain is also the guiding force behind The Oneness Forum, formally launched by the President of India in 2003. The Forum recently awarded the Mahatma-Mahavira Awards to outstanding individuals from all of walks of life and is involved in several activities that seek to bring, and highlight, a sense of Oneness in the world.
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