Five Indian women on Forbes World’s Billionaires List

Five Indian women have made it to the Forbes list of world’s richest people in the world, which saw 190 women billionaires 
•    It is a little over 10 per cent of the total count.
•    Globally the number of women in the coveted rich list declined from last year. 
•    Of the total 1,810 billionaires this year, 190 are women, down from 197 in 2015. 
•    Among the Indian women on the list Savitri Jindal and family was ranked at the 453rd place on the list with a net worth of $3.5 billion.
•    Indu Jain who chairs media conglomerate Bennett, Coleman & Co, was placed at the 549 rank globally. Her net worth stood at $3.1 billion.
•    SmitaCrishna-Godrej ranked 810 on the list with a net worth of $2.2 billion. 
•    Leena Tewari debuted on the billionaires list. She chairs and owns privately held Indian generics maker USV, known for its drugs for diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, among much else. She was placed at 1067 position with a net wealth of $1.7 billion.
•    Vinod Gupta ranked 1577 with assets of $1.1 billion, is the wife of Qimat Rai Gupta, who died in November 2014. 
•    Globally, the grand dame of L’Or, Liliane Bettencourt and her children were ranked at the top among the richest women in the world. 
•    She was placed at the 11th position with a net worth of $36.1 billion, followed by Alice Walton ranked 16th with assets of $32.3 billion and Jacqueline Mars (27, $23.4 billion).