Savitri Jindal and her family are ranked No. 51 on the Forbes 2026 World’s Billionaires list with a net worth of $39.1 billion. She is the chairperson emeritus of the O.P. Jindal Group and was India’s richest woman, according to Wikipedia.
Savitri Devi Jindal was born on March 20, 1950, in Tinsukia, Assam, into a Marwari family. She married O.P. Jindal, an engineer who had founded the Jindal Group, in the 1970s.
Net Worth and Rank
- Forbes 2026 list: No. 51, with $39.1 billion, listed as “Savitri Jindal & family”
- Other estimates: Wikipedia says the Jindal family was third on Forbes’ list of India’s 100 richest in October 2024, with $34.4 billion, and estimates the family at $40 billion in October 2025
Leading the Group
The O.P. Jindal group was started in 1952 by O.P. Jindal and grew into a conglomerate in steel, power, mining, and oil and gas. Savitri Jindal became chairperson after her husband died in a helicopter crash in 2005. According to Wikipedia, the company’s revenue quadrupled after she took charge. She is now chairperson emeritus and president of the Maharaja Agrasen Medical College in Agroha.
Politics
- 2005: she was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Hisar, her late husband’s constituency
- 2009: she was re-elected and, on October 29, 2013, was appointed a cabinet minister in the Haryana government
- 2014: she lost the seat in the Haryana election
- Today: she is an independent member of the Assembly and has previously been a member of both the Congress and the BJP, according to Wikipedia
Recognition
In 2008 she received the Acharya Tulsi Kartritva Puraskar from the Akhil Bhartiya Terapanth Mahila Mandal.
Why It Matters
The Jindal group is one of India’s big steel and power groups, and Savitri Jindal combines running a family business empire with an active political career.
Net worth figures change daily with share prices. Rankings here follow the Forbes 2026 World’s Billionaires list, with wealth measured on March 1, 2026.
Image: Savitri Jindal (right) at the release of a book on O.P. Jindal in New Delhi, August 7, 2005, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh holding a copy. Photo: Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India / Wikimedia Commons (GODL-India)
