Top 7 women entrepreneurs in India

As we know there are less women entrepreneurs than man . There are many reasons for less women entrepreneurs some are like economy problem, government are not eagerly to help female , they face many problems regarding loans as well as there are many family problems also .

So here are list of 10 successful women entrepreneurs.

1. Falguni Nayar

Falguni Nayar (born 19 February 1963) is an Indian billionaire businesswoman who is the founder and CEO of the beauty and lifestyle retail company Nykaa. Nayar is one of two self-made female, Indian billionaires.

Falguni Nayar

Born

19 February 1963 (age 59)

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Nationality

Indian

Education

MBA Finance

Alma mater

Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Occupation

Founder & CEO of Nykaa

Years active

1963–present

Spouse(s)

Sanjay Nayar ​

2. Radhika Aggarwal 

Radhika Ghai Aggarwal is an Internet entrepreneur and India's first woman to enter the Unicorn Club. She is the co-founder of online marketplace ShopClues established in 2011 in silicon valley. Currently, she serves as the Chief Business Officer of the company.

3. Aditi Gupta 

Aditi Gupta is an Indian author and co-founder of Menstrupedia Comic. She and her husband, both National Institute of Design Alumni, co-founded Menstrupedia Comic in 2012.  In 2014, she was named in the Forbes India 30 Under 30 2014 list.

Aditi Gupta

Born

Garhwa, Jharkhand, India

Occupation

Author and co-founder of Menstrupedia Comic

Nationality

Indian

Alma mater

National Institute of Design

Genre

Menstrupedia Comic

Spouse

Tuhin Paul

4. Suchi Mukherjee 

Limeroad is an Indian online marketplace, owned by A. M. Marketplaces Pvt Ltd. The company is based in Gurugram, Haryana.

Limeroad

Type of business

Privately held company

Type of site

E-commerce

(E-commerce shopping)

Available in

Hindi, English

Area served

India

Founder(s)

Suchi Mukherjee, Ankush Mehra

CEO

Suchi Mukherjee

Parent

A M Marketplaces Pvt Ltd

Commercial

no

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Launched

2012

Current status

Active

5. Vani Kola 

Vani Kola is an Indian venture capitalist. She is the founder and managing director of Kalaari Capital, an Indian early stage venture capital firm. She was listed as one of the most powerful women in Indian business by Fortune India in 2014. 

Vani Kola

Vani Kola - Indian Venture Capitalist.

Kola in 2020

Born

1963 or 1964 (age 58–59)

Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana)

Education

Osmania University (B.Eng.)

Arizona State University (M.Eng.)

Occupation

venture capitalist

Known for

Venture capital in India

6. Roshini Nadar Malhotra 

Roshni Nadar Malhotra (born 1980/81) is an Indian billionaire industrialist and the chairperson of HCL Technologies and the first woman to lead a listed IT company in India. She is the only child of HCL founder and billionaire industrialist Shiv Nadar. In 2019, she is ranked 54th on the Forbes World's 100 Most Powerful Women list.  According to IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List (2019), Roshni is the richest woman in India. In 2020, she is ranked 55th on the Forbes World's 100 Most Powerful Women. She is also the CEO of HCL Corporation, the holding company of all HCL Group entities.

Roshni Nadar

Born

1980/1981 (age 40–41)

Education

Northwestern University

Kellogg School of Management

Occupation

Chairperson, HCL Technologies

Years active

2008-present

Spouse(s)

Shikhar Malhotra

Children

2

Parent(s)

Shiv Nadar

Kiran Nadar

7. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 23 March 1953) is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur. She is the executive chairperson and founder of Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited, a biotechnology company based in Bangalore, India and the former chairperson of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.  In 2014, she was awarded the Othmer Gold Medal for outstanding contributions to the progress of science and chemistry. She was on the Financial Times 2011 top 50 women in business list. In 2019, she was listed as the 68th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.  She was named EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2020. She is married to John Shaw.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Born

Kiran Mazumdar

23 March 1953 (age 69)

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Alma mater

Bangalore University (B.S.)

Melbourne University (M.S.)

Occupation

Founder & chairperson of Biocon

Spouse(s)

John Shaw

Awards

Othmer Gold Medal (2014)