Jindal was born on 20th March, 1950 and resided in Hisar, Haryana for most of her life.
Founded in 1952 by OP Jindal, the Jindal Group is one of India's major conglomerates, with an estimated value of over 12 billion dollars. It has interests in Steel, Power, Mining, Oil & Gas and Infrastructure. In terms of tonnage, it is India's third-largest steel producer.
JINDAL GROUP
Established in 1952, Jindal Group, one of the largest industrial groups of India, offering a wide gamut of products and services has grown as a colossus in a short span, into a conglomerate of five groups (Jindal Poly Films Ltd, Jindal Photo Ltd, Jindal India Ltd, Rexor S.A and Jindal India Thermal Power Ltd) Ever since its foundation, Jindal Group has diversified into Polyester Film, BOPP Film, Photographic Goods, Cold Rolled Steel Strips, Galvanized Sheets, and Metallised Films etc and over the years, the leading business conglomerate of India, has achieved rapid growth. At present, Jindal Group stands for the highest Polyester resin, film, and steel quality. It aims at eco friendly, quality-oriented products fostering desirable values and durability to transform and sustain capital assets, maximize stakeholder values and move towards a progressive organization.
In 2005, Jindal was elected to the Haryana Vidhan Sabha from Hissar constituency, which was earlier represented by her late husband Sh.O.P Jindal for a long time. In 2009, she was re-elected to the constituency and was appointed as the cabinet minister in the Haryana Government on 29 October 2013.
If Forbes is to be believed, Savitri Jindal is worth over 14.4 billion dollars and possibly even more. This makes her the world’s 56th richest person, Asia's richest woman, as well as the world’s 4th richest mother.