Savitri Jindal

Among the 10 richest people in India, the only female billionaire is Savitri Jindal, who is the CEO of the O.P. Jindal Group, an $18 billion conglomerate created by her late husband, Om Prakash Jindal. She is India's wealthiest woman. JSW Steel, as well as businesses in mining, power generation, industrial gases, and port facilities, are all held by the New Delhi-based company.

Following the death of her husband, O.P. Jindal, in a helicopter crash in 2005, his four sons were granted management of the group's enterprises, which they now run independently. Sajjan Jindal, her Mumbai-based son, is in charge of the group's most important assets, which include JSW Steel.

Ms. Savitri Jindal is the president of many companies under the Jindal Group but is best known as the chairwoman of JSPL. It is the most profitable industrial complex in the Jindal Group, with 50 factories employing more than 7,000 workers in India and Bolivia, where JSPL has made an initial investment of $1.5 billion and is investing more than $2.1 billion over the next eight years in Peru, Chile, and Bolivia.

Net worth: $17.7 Billion

Source of wealth: Steel

City: Hisar