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There are three new faces, including 58-year-old Nykaa founder Falguni Nayar who is worth $7.6 billion.
The list of the richest self-made women billionaires in the world for 2022 was released on Tuesday. The lift showed shifting dynamics which also mark the entry of a billionaire residing India into the list with the richest self-made Indian woman billionaire, Nykaa founder Falguni Nayar. Released by Hurun Research Institute, the Richest Self-Made Women in the World 2022 has 8 Chinese women, 1 each from US and UK and 1 from India.
There are three new faces, including 58-year-old Nayar who is worth $7.6 billion. Other entrants are Chinese entrepreneur Chen Lihua and American Diane Hendricks.
READ | Meet Nykaa founder Falguni Nayar, India's wealthiest self-made female billionaire
The 2022 self-made women billionaire rich list
This year’s list has 124 women from 16 countries. This is 6 less from 130 women last time round. 19 are new entrants. However, this number is double that of five years ago and 100 more than a decade ago. The number of Indian self-made women billionaires has tripled over the last decade. The average age of the world’s self-made women billionaires is 59.
Here is a list of the top ten
Rank & Name |
Wealth |
Country |
Main Company |
1- Wa Yajun |
$17 billion |
China |
Longfor |
2- Fan Hongwei |
$13 billion |
China |
Hengli |
3- Wang Laichun |
$11 billion |
China |
Luxshare Precision |
4- Zhong Huijuan |
$10 billion |
China |
Hansoh |
5- Chen Lihua |
$9.2 billion |
China |
Fu Wah |
6- Diane Hendricks |
$9 billion |
USA |
ABC Supply |
7- Denise Coates |
$8.2 billion |
UK |
Bet365 |
8- Cheng Xue |
$7.9 billion |
China |
Haitian |
9- Zhou Qunfei |
$7.8 billion |
China |
Lens |
10- Falguni Nayar |
$7.6 billion |
India |
Nykaa |
10- Zhao Yan |
$7.6 billion |
China |
Bloomage |
WATCH: Unknown facts about Falguni Nayar, India's richest self-made billionaire
In the list, Nayar is joined by Biocon founder and MD Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and 49-year-old Zoho co-founder Radha Vembu with a net worth of $3.9 billion.
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