Savitri Jindal, the head of the OP Jindal Group and a politician in Haryana, is now the richest woman in India, according to the Forbes Billionaire List 2025. She has a net worth of $35.5 billion, making her the third richest person in India, after Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani. She is also the only woman among India’s top 10 billionaires.

The Jindal Group, which deals in steel, power, cement, and infrastructure, was founded by her late husband, Om Prakash Jindal, who passed away in a helicopter crash in 2005. After his death, the business was divided among their four sons.

Her son Sajjan Jindal, based in Mumbai, leads JSW Steel, JSW Cement, and JSW Paints. He also made JSW Infrastructure a public company in 2023. In 2024, he expanded into electric vehicles by buying a 35% stake in MG Motor India, which is owned by China’s SAIC Motor. Another son, Naveen Jindal, based in Delhi, runs Jindal Steel & Power.

Here is the list of the top 10 billionaires in 2025

1.Mukesh Ambani - $92.5 billion (Reliance Industries)

2. Gautam Adani - $56.3 billion (Adani Group)

3. Savitri Jindal - $35.5 billion (OP Jindal Group)

4. Shiv Nadar - $34.5 billion (HCL Technologies)

5. Dilip Shanghvi - $24.9 billion (Sun Pharmaceuticals)

6. Cyrus Poonawalla - $23.1 billion (Serum Institute of India)

7. Kumar Birla - $20.9 billion (Aditya Birla Group)

8. Lakshmi Mittal - $19.2 billion (ArcelorMittal)

9. Radhakishan Damani - $15.4 billion (DMart, Investments)

10. Kushal Pal Singh - $14.5 billion (Real Estate)

India now has 205 billionaires, the highest number ever, after adding five new billionaires this year. The combined wealth of Indian billionaires is $941 billion, slightly lower than last year’s $954 billion, mainly due to currency changes and stock market dips.

Among those who gained the most, Haldiram’s Shiv Kishan Agrawal and Manohar Lal Agarwal saw their wealth double after Singapore-based Temasek valued the snack brand at $10 billion. Madhusudan Agarwal also entered the billionaire list this year.

Meanwhile, HCL founder Shiv Nadar dropped to fourth place with $34.5 billion, after transferring a major stake of his company to his daughter, Roshni Nadar Malhotra.

 

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