Most Powerful Women 2019: This Year's Top Women in Business

Most Powerful Women 2019: This Year's Top Women in Business

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Year202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011 2019Most Powerful Women - 2019Most Powerful Women: Meet India’s 50 most powerful women in business who with their sharp


acumen have built companies, struck massive corporate deals, or developed brands as they took their firms to the top.Read More1Zia J. Mody2Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw3Suneeta Reddy4Alice G.


Vaidyan5Zarin Daruwala6Mallika Srinivasan7Arundhati Bhattacharya8Kaku Nakhate9Shobhana Bhartia10Renuka Ramnath11Ashu Suyash12Aisha De Sequeira13Meher Pudumjee14Renu Sud Karnad15Shanti


Ekambaram16Rekha M. Menon17Nisaba Godrej18Jyoti Deshpande19Nivruti Rai20Vinita Gupta21Falguni Nayar22Ektaa R. Kapoor23Mira Kulkarni24Ashni Biyani25Anita Dongre26Schauna Chauhan and Nadia


Chauhan28Ameera Shah29Samina Hamied30Anupriya Acharya31Roopa Kudva32Pallavi Shroff33R.M. Vishakha34Priya Nair35Anjana Reddy36Aarthi Subramanian37Meena Ganesh38Jyotsna Suri39Anushka


Sharma40Chetna Gala Sinha41Priya Paul42Ritu Kumar43Harshbeena Zaveri44Apurva Purohit45Devita Saraf46Simran Lal47Vani Kola48Revathi Roy49Gargi B. Dasgupta50Padmaja


RuparelRANKNAMETITLEAFFILIATIONAGE1Zia J. ModyCo-founderAZB & Partners632Kiran Mazumdar-ShawChairperson and MDBiocon663Suneeta ReddyManaging director Apollo Hospitals Enterprise604Alice G.


VaidyanFormer chairman and MDGeneral Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re)605Zarin DaruwalaCEOStandard Chartered Bank, India546Mallika SrinivasanChairman and CEOTractors and Farm Equipment


(TAFE)597Arundhati BhattacharyaIndependent directorReliance Industries; Wipro; CRISIL; Piramal Enterprises; SWIFT India638Kaku NakhatePresident and country headIndia Bank of America Merrill


Lynch529Shobhana BhartiaChairperson and editorial directorHT Media6210Renuka RamnathFounder and CEOMultiples Alternate Asset Management5711Ashu SuyashManaging director and


CEOCRISIL5212Aisha De SequeiraCo-country head and head of investment banking, IndiaMorgan Stanley4913Meher PudumjeeChairpersonThermax5314Renu Sud KarnadManaging directorHDFC6715Shanti


EkambaramPresident, consumer banking Kotak Mahindra Bank5616Rekha M. MenonChairman and senior managing directorAccenture in India6017Nisaba GodrejExecutive chairpersonGodrej Consumer


Products4118Jyoti DeshpandePresident-media and entertainmentReliance Industries4819Nivruti RaiCountry head; vice presidentIntel India; Data Ce


nter Group, Intel4920Vinita GuptaCEOLupin5121Falguni NayarFounder and CEONykaa5622Ektaa R. KapoorJoint managing directorBalaji Telefilms4423Mira KulkarniChairman and managing


directorMountain Valley Springs6424Ashni BiyaniManaging directorFuture Consumer3425Anita DongreFounderHouse of Anita Dongre5626Schauna Chauhan and Nadia ChauhanCEO; joint MD and chief


marketing officerParle Agro Pvt. Ltd.43, 3328Ameera ShahPromoter and MDMetropolis Healthcare4029Samina HamiedExecutive vice chairperson Cipla4330Anupriya AcharyaCEO Publicis Media


India4931Roopa KudvaPartner and managing directorOmidyar Network India5532Pallavi ShroffManaging partner and national practice head, dispute resolutionShardul Amarchand Mangaldas &


Co6333R.M. VishakhaManaging director and CEO IndiaFirst Life Insurance5534Priya NairExecutive director; vice presidentHome care Hindustan Unilever; Unilever South Asia4735Anjana ReddyFounder


and CEOUniversal Sportsbiz Pvt Ltd (USPL)3136Aarthi SubramanianGroup chief digital officer Tata Sons5237Meena GaneshManaging director and CEO Portea Medical5638Jyotsna SuriChairperson and


managing directorBharat Hotels6739Anushka SharmaCo-founder Clean Slate Films3140Chetna Gala SinhaChair; founder and presidentMann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank; Mann Deshi Foundation6041Priya


PaulChairpersonApeejay Surrendra Park Hotels5342Ritu KumarFounderRitu Kumar Design7543Harshbeena ZaveriVice chairman and managing director NRB Bearings5944Apurva PurohitPresidentJagran


Prakashan Group5245Devita SarafChairman and chief executive officerVu Technologies3846Simran LalChief executive officer; Co-founderGood Earth; Nicobar4847Vani KolaManaging director Kalaari


Capital5548Revathi RoyFounder and CEOHey Deedee5949Gargi B. DasguptaDirector, CTOIBM Research India; IBM India and South Asia4550Padmaja RuparelCo-founder and president; founding


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