Forbes 100 most powerful women in the world: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has once again featured in Forbes’ annual list of the world’s 100 most powerful women. Along with Sitharaman, Biocon Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Nykaa Founder Falguni Nair, HCLTech Chairperson Roshni Nadar Malhotra, SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and Steel Authority of India Chairperson Soma Mondal have been named among Forbes World’s 100 Most Powerful People this year. Listed among women.
According to the Forbes list, Nirmala Sitharaman is at the 36th position. For the fourth time in a row, Sitharaman has made it to the list. Earlier in 2021, he got 37th rank. Whereas in 2020 and 2019, he got 41st and 34th rank. Falguni Nair, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Madhabi Puri Buch and Soma Mondal were ranked 89th, 72nd, 52nd, 54th and 67th. The list includes 39 CEOs; 10 heads of state; And the total assets of 11 billionaires is 115 billion dollars.
Highlighting Nair’s profile, the Forbes list states that the 59-year-old businessman “worked as an investment banker for two decades, leading IPOs and helping other entrepreneurs achieve their dreams”. In 2015, she decided to work for herself, investing USD 2 million. of her savings to launch beauty and retail company Nykaa. She took it public in 2021 and became India’s richest self-made woman. Gone.
Malhotra, 41, is responsible for all strategic decisions of the $12 billion technology company, according to the Forbes website. “Founded in 1976 by his father, Shiv Nadar, HCL became a central player in India’s rise as an IT hub,” it noted. On March 1, 56-year-old Buch became the first woman chairman of SEBI, which oversees India’s over US$3 trillion stock market ecosystem.
Mandal, 59, who will become the first woman to chair the state-run Steel Authority of India (SAIL) in January 2021, has led the company to record financial growth since taking charge. According to the Forbes website, the company’s profit tripled in its first year to 120 billion rupees.
This made 69-year-old Mazumdar-Shaw one of the richest self-made women in India. He founded India’s largest listed biopharmaceutical firm by revenue in 1978. The firm has successfully entered the lucrative US market. The company has Asia’s largest insulin factory in the Johor region of Malaysia.
The list was determined by four main metrics: money, media, influence and sphere of influence. For political leaders, we weighed gross domestic products and population; for corporate leaders, revenue and number of employees; and media mentions. and accessible to all. The result is a collection of women fighting the status quo,” according to the website.
For her leadership during the Ukraine war, as well as her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen topped the 19th annual Forbes list of the world’s 100 most powerful women.
“Her influence is unparalleled – no one else on the list formulates policy on behalf of 450 million people – but her commitment to a free and democratic society is not. Von der Leyen is just one face of the biggest story of 2022: women Acting as Veterans for Democracy,” the website underlined.
While European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has been placed at the second position, US Vice President Kamala Harris is at the third position in the list. At rank 100, Zina “Mahsa” Amini of Iran has made it to the influential list posthumously. Her death in September sparked an unprecedented female-led revolution for their rights in the Islamic nation.
(With inputs from PTI)
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