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3 Indians in list of women self-made billionaires

​3 Indian women in Hurun list
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​3 Indian women in Hurun list
Three Indian women - Falguni Nayar of Nykaa, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw of Biocon and Radha Vembu of Zoho - feature in the latest Hurun list of women self-made billionaires (Hurun Richest Self-Made Women in the World 2022).
​Falguni Nayar in top 10
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​Falguni Nayar in top 10
Falguni Nayar, founder and CEO of the beauty and lifestyle retail company Nykaa, is in the top 10 richest list with a wealth of 7.6 billion dollars. After the IPO of Nykaa, Nayar overtook long-time India’s number one woman billionaire Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw to become the richest self-made woman in India. She is also first in Hurun's list of Top 10 New Faces.
​Radha Vembu among biggest risers
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​Radha Vembu among biggest risers
Radha Vembu is top in India, and second across the world, in the list of Biggest Risers. Vembu, 49, is the second-richest self-made woman billionaire in India with US$3.9bn. Vembu is product manager of Zoho, a company she founded with her brother. She is 25th on the list.
​Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw 26th
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​Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw 26th
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, executive chairperson and founder of Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics, is 26th on the list, down two places from last year. She has a wealth of US$3.8 bn.
​124 self-made women billionaires
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​124 self-made women billionaires
Hurun's list says there are 124 self-made women billionaires in the world now, down 6 from last year. China has two-thirds of the world's self-made women billionaires with 78.
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