From garages to global empires: Meet India’s 10 richest women entrepreneurs

Produced by: Mohsin Shaikh

Network Queen

Jayshree Ullal tops the 2025 Hurun Rich List with ₹50,170 crore wealth. The Arista Networks CEO built her empire in Silicon Valley, proving India-born women are reshaping global tech fortunes.

Zoho Power

Radha Vembu, often behind the scenes, quietly amassed ₹46,580 crore through her stake in Zoho. With her brother stepping down as CEO, she’s now the true financial powerhouse of the company.

Nykaa Vision

Ex-banker Falguni Nayar turned Nykaa into a beauty retail empire worth nearly ₹40,000 crore. From her garage startup to 200+ stores, her journey embodies India’s D2C dream.

Biotech Pioneer

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw’s Biocon empire began in a garage in 1978. Now valued at ₹29,330 crore, she remains a trailblazer who turned science into a billion-dollar business.

Startup Spark

Ruchi Kalra of OfBusiness carved her fortune in B2B commerce, clocking ₹9,130 crore. Her McKinsey-to-entrepreneur pivot shows how Indian women are rewriting startup success stories.

Bollywood Bankroll

Juhi Chawla’s wealth surged 69% this year to ₹7,790 crore, thanks to Knight Riders Sports. She may have left the spotlight, but her business game makes her Bollywood’s quiet mogul.

Vision Lenses

Neha Bansal, co-founder of Lenskart, is redefining eyewear retail while managing merchandising and legal operations. From Delhi classrooms to boardrooms, her story is an optical empire in the making.

Pepsi Legacy

Indra Nooyi, ex-CEO of PepsiCo, nearly doubled sales during her tenure. With Amazon and Deutsche Bank board seats, her wealth is rooted in leadership that redefined global corporate culture.

Kafka Code

Neha Narkhede, co-creator of Apache Kafka and ex-CTO of Confluent, built her tech fortune through open-source brilliance. Her ₹ wealth cements her as one of the few women shaping Silicon Valley’s data backbone.

Stock Star

Kavitha Subramanian, co-founder of UpStox, turned fintech disruption into riches. From IIT Bombay to Wharton, her ₹ empire showcases how digital trading is minting India’s new female billionaires.