Former Haryana Cabinet Minister and Emeritus Chairperson of OP Jindal Group, Savitri Jindal has surpassed China’s Yang Huiyan to become the richest woman in Asia.
According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Savitri (72) has a fortune worth USD 11.3 billion.
China’s Yang Huiyan had a fortune of about USD 23.7 billion, making her the richest woman in Asia. But that was in 2021. Owing to the real estate crisis in China, Huiyan- who controls China’s largest real estate developer Country Garden Holdings – lost USD 12.7 billion this year and lost her rank in the billionaire’s index to Savitri Jindal.
Savitri is India’s wealthiest woman and controls OP Jindal Group set up by her late husband, Om Prakash Jindal.
The company is based in New Delhi and has stakes in steel producer JSW Steel as well as other companies pertaining to mining, power generation, industrial gases and port facilities. Savitri Jindal is at no 10 on India’s richest people in India list.
Savitri was born in Tinsukia, Assam. In the 1970, She married Om Prakash Jindal who founded the Jindal group in 1952. She became the chairwoman of the Jindal Group after her husband, OP Jindal who founded the company passed away in a helicopter crash in 2005.
Savitri was a Minister in the Haryana Government and a member of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) from Hisar constituency. She is a member of Indian National Congress
