Savitri Jindal

Chairperson of Jindal Group

Net worth: US$5.2 billion (Forbes)

Savitri Devi Jindal is the Chairperson Emiretus, Jindal Steel & Power Limited. She was born to a family in Tinsukia, Assam in 1950. In 1970 she married O.P. Jindal, who had founded the Jindal Group, a steel and power conglomerate

Savitri Jindal was a Minister in Haryana Government and member of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) from Hisar constituency. She lost the seat in elections held in 2014 for the Haryana assembly. She became the chairperson after her husband, O. P. Jindal, who died in a helicopter crash in 2005. She is a member of the INC political party.

Savitri Jindal is the richest woman in India, and the 16th richest Indian for 2016 worth over $4.0 billion she also is the world's 453rd richest person in 2016. The steel baroness, however, enjoys talking about her children and continuing her husband's public work. She is the world's 7th richest mother.

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.

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.

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.