Women are indeed picking up fast to catch up with men worldwide, though they have been underrepresented in most segments of professional and corporate life. Here is the list of the top 10 businesswomen in India.
1. Zia Mody
Zia Mody is one of the leading corporate lawyers in India. Two noteworthy corporate deals, he was the mastermind, including that of Airtel and Telenor Group and Schneider Electric, and automation business of Larsen & Toubro.
2. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Kiran is one of the richest and popular self-made businesswomen. She became an entrepreneur by accident who never aspires to start a business, Kiran says. She made a biopharmaceutical company called Bicon in 1978.
3. Suneeta Reddy
Reddy is one of the biggest growing its revenue by 14% in instrumental making Apollo chain of hospitals in 2018. Apollo pharmacy business grew by 18 per cent.
4. Alice G. Vaidyan
Alica is the Chairman and Managing director of GIC (General Insurance Corporation of India). GIC is successfully entered by Alice in the league of the 10 leading global reinsurers.
5. Mallika Srinivasan
Mallika is the Chairman and CEO of TAFE, Tractors, and Farm Equipment. Srinivasan made firm which is now the third tractor manufacturing company in the world in terms of volumes.
6. Zarin Daruwala
Zarin is the best-ranking banker for the past year. She is becoming the CEO of Standard chartered Chartered Bank in 2016 after working with ICIC bank for two decades.
7. Kaku Nakhate
Bank of America Merrill Lynch gained a strong foothold under Nakhate’s leadership in India becoming a famous player in the Asia-Pacific region. Several profitable facilitated by Nakhate like Infratel and Indus, and Cellular’s $ 1 billion stakes in Indus Tower.
8. Shobhana Bhartia
Bharatia made the company which is very popular in Hindi Media. She is also a part of double net profit by 213 Crore in FY 2017-18.
9. Renuka Ramnath
Renuka creates an independent equity platform in the private sector that manages more than $1 billion in assets who is the only woman in the country.
10. Shikha Sharma
Shikha made the stock prices of Axis bank grow four times between June 2009 and August 2018. She is the most respected banker in India.