Meet India’s richest self-made woman, has net worth of Rs 553000000000, her business is…, she is…

The 2025 Candere Hurun India Women Leaders List features 97 exceptional Indian women across 9 categories and in five core pillars like wealth creation, value creation, philanthropy, culture, and startups.

Written by: Anirudha Yerunkar Edited by: Anirudha Yerunkar

Published: June 4, 2025, 5:05 PM IST

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The 2025 Candere Hurun India Women Leaders List announced ten first-generation women wealth creators whose combined wealth is around Rs 2 lakh crore. Radha Vembu of Zoho Corporation is top in the list with Rs 55,300 crore net worth. 

Vembu has played an important role in software building for the company. She also looks after Zoho Schools and rural development and empowers the community. She is sister of businessman Sridhar Vembu, Chief Scientist at Zoho Corporation. Radha’s majority of wealth comes from her stake in the company. She studied in IIT Madras and works as a product manager for the Zoho Email Service.

She has around 47.8% stake in Zoho. She generally stay out of the limelight and has rarely given interviews

She was also featured in the 8th spot among the top 10 philanthropists, according to the Hurun report. It stated that she has donated Rs 11 crore for women’s empowerment, rural development, and education. 

Other Top Leaders like Shweta Jalan of Advent International have topped the list in the investor category. Rohini Nilekani of Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies topped the list in the Philanthropists category with total donations of Rs 154 crore. At 28, Devanshi Kejriwal, Co-founder and CPO of Skillmatics, is the youngest in the list. She topped the list under the Young Women Leaders category.