Indian Women Made It To The Forbes List, Priyanka Chopra And Deepika Are Ranked

Leela Adwani |Dec 06, 2018

Deepika has made it to the top five richest Indian of 2018 and becomes the first Indian woman to do so.

As scheduled every year, Forbes continues to release the list of top powerful individuals on the whole world, and the list will help the public catch a glimpse of who is putting hard work in their field. This year Forbes has recently announced the world's 100 influential women and India has four proud representatives. Four successful Indian women who are on the list includes Priyanka Chopra, Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Shobhana Bhartia, and Deepika Padukone is the first female celebrity to earn a spot in top 5 Indian richest celebs list.

1.Priyanka Chopra - #94

Chopra is argued to be the most successful actor of Bollywood to cross over to American film industry Hollywood. She made her big-screen debut in the US in 2017 with the film Baywatch.

Priyanka is also the first actor from India taking the leading role in the series film Quantico. 2018 is the year witnessing her with a new role as a tech investor. She put money into the investment fund of a dating app called Bumble and Holberton school for software engineering.

2.CEO (HCL), Roshni Nadar Malhotra - #51

Malhotra started being CEO of HCL Corporation when she was 27 years old in 2009. She is also the person who takes responsibility for all strategic decisions of the $8.1 billion firm operating in healthcare, infosystems, and technology.

Roshini is the Vice Chairperson of HCL Technologies’ board and also a trustee of Shiv Nadar Foundation, which concentrates on education.

3.Entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw - #60

Mazumdar-Shaw is known for the founder of the largest biopharmaceutical enterprise in India.

4.Chairperson (HT Media), Shobhana Bhartia - #88

Bhartia is the editorial director and chairperson of the largest media company named HT Media. The corporation operates four FM radio stations and a host of websites, comprising of cinema portal Desimartini and job portal Shine.

5.Deepika Padukone

Deepika has made it to the top five richest Indian of 2018 and becomes the first Indian woman to do so. The star collected a whopping Rs 112.8 crore this year and become the highest-earning female celebrity.