Most Powerful Women - 2025

As women continue breaking barriers across sectors, Fortune India has expanded its Most Powerful Women in Business list in 2025 from 50 to 100 achievers. This move celebrates the growing influence of women across policymaking, business, and beyond, even as the global conversation on diversity, equity, and inclusion gathers momentum.
Nirmala Sitharaman - Union Finance Minister
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Nirmala Sitharaman
Nita Ambani - Founder and Chairperson
2
Nita Ambani
Reddy Sisters: Shobana Kamineni; Sangita Reddy; Preetha Reddy; Suneeta Reddy - Promoter Director/Jt MD/ Exec. Vice Chairperson/MD
3
Reddy Sisters: Shobana Kamineni; Sangita Reddy; Preetha Reddy; Suneeta Reddy
Roshni Nadar Malhotra - Chairperson
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Roshni Nadar Malhotra
Bela Bajaria - Chief Content Officer
5
Bela Bajaria
Sudha Murty - Member
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Sudha Murty
Savitri Jindal - Chairperson Emeritus of OP Jindal Group; MLA
7
Savitri Jindal
Isha Ambani - Director
8
Isha Ambani
Gita Gopinath - First Deputy Managing Director
9
Gita Gopinath
Kalli Purie - Vice Chairperson
10
Kalli Purie
Zia J. Mody - Co-Founder
11
Zia J. Mody
Arundhati Bhattacharya - Chairperson & CEO
12
Arundhati Bhattacharya
Shobhana Bhartia - Chairperson & Editorial Director
13
Shobhana Bhartia
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw - Executive Chairperson
14
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Swati Piramal - Vice Chairperson
15
Swati Piramal
Leena Nair - Global Chief Executive Officer
16
Leena Nair
Sangita Jindal - Chairperson
17
Sangita Jindal
Vinita Gupta - CEO
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Vinita Gupta
Priti G Adani - Chairperson
19
Priti G Adani
Avarna Jain - Vice Chairperson
20
Avarna Jain
Pallavi Shroff - Managing Partner
21
Pallavi Shroff
Mallika Srinivasan - Chairman & MD
22
Mallika Srinivasan
Neerja Birla - Founder and Chairperson
23
Neerja Birla
Nyrika Holkar - Executive Director
24
Nyrika Holkar
Prabha Narasimhan - Managing Director & CEO
25
Prabha Narasimhan
Daisy Chittilapilly - President
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Daisy Chittilapilly
Sandhya Devanathan - Vice President-India
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Sandhya Devanathan
Sindhu Gangadharan - SVP & MD and Chairperson
28
Sindhu Gangadharan
Smriti Irani - BJP politician and former Union minister
29
Smriti Irani
Vibha Padalkar - Managing Director and CEO
30
Vibha Padalkar
Vaishali Nigam Sinha - Co-Founder & Chairperson
31
Vaishali Nigam Sinha
Jyoti Deshpande - President - Media and Content Business
32
Jyoti Deshpande
Nandini Piramal - Non-Executive Director and Chairperson
33
Nandini Piramal
Dipali Goenka - CEO and Managing Director
34
Dipali Goenka
Devika Bulchandani - Global CEO
35
Devika Bulchandani
Suchitra Ella - Managing Director
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Suchitra Ella
Priyanka Chopra Jonas - Founder
37
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Falguni Nayar - Founder and CEO
38
Falguni Nayar
Deepika Padukone - Actor & Entrepreneur
39
Deepika Padukone
Alia Bhatt - Actor & Entrepreneur
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Alia Bhatt
Nivruti Rai - MD & CEO
41
Nivruti Rai
Ananya Birla - Founder & Chairperson and Director
42
Ananya Birla
Prativa Mohapatra - VP and Managing Director
43
Prativa Mohapatra
Monika Shergill - VP - Content
44
Monika Shergill
Lakshmi Venu - Managing Director
45
Lakshmi Venu
Kaviya Kalanithi Maran - ED and CEO
46
Kaviya Kalanithi Maran
Ghazal Alagh - Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer
47
Ghazal Alagh
Anamika Khanna - Fashion Designer and Founder
48
Anamika Khanna
Natasha Poonawalla - Executive Director
49
Natasha Poonawalla
Devina Mehra - Chairperson and MD
50
Devina Mehra
Geetanjali Kirloskar - Chairperson & MD
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Geetanjali Kirloskar
Ravneet Kaur - Chairperson
52
Ravneet Kaur
Pia Singh - Chairperson
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Pia Singh
Shereen Bhan - Managing Editor
54
Shereen Bhan
Soumya Rajan - Founder & CEO
55
Soumya Rajan
Vishakha Mulye - Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (Designate)
56
Vishakha Mulye
Masaba Gupta - Designer and Founder
57
Masaba Gupta
Manisha Girotra - CEO
58
Manisha Girotra
Navya Naveli Nanda - Actor & Entrepreneur
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Navya Naveli Nanda
Upasana Taku - Co-founder; Executive Director & CFO
60
Upasana Taku
Hina Nagarajan - Managing Director and CEO
61
Hina Nagarajan
Alisha Moopen - Managing Director & Group CEO
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Alisha Moopen
Ameera Shah - Promoter and Executive Chairperson
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Ameera Shah
Vineeta Singh - CEO and Co-founder
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Vineeta Singh
Schauna Chauhan and Nadia Chauhan - CEO/Joint MD and CMO
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Schauna Chauhan and Nadia Chauhan
The Tatas - Manasi Kirloskar Tata, Maya Tata - Executive Director & CEO
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The Tatas - Manasi Kirloskar Tata, Maya Tata
Suchita Oswal Jain - Vice Chairman & Joint Managing Director
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Suchita Oswal Jain
Jayanti Khan Chauhan - Vice Chairperson
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Jayanti Khan Chauhan
Shradha Suri Marwah - CMD
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Shradha Suri Marwah
Sminu Jindal - MD
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Sminu Jindal
Meghna Agarwal - Co-founder
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Meghna Agarwal
Ritu Gangrade Arora - CEO & CIO
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Ritu Gangrade Arora
Priya Nair - Business Group President - Beauty & Wellbeing
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Priya Nair
Katrina Kaif - Actor & Co-Founder
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Katrina Kaif
Vinati Saraf Mutreja - MD & CEO
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Vinati Saraf Mutreja
Anjali Bansal - Founding Partner
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Anjali Bansal
Radhika Gupta - MD & CEO
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Radhika Gupta
Meher Pudumjee - Chairperson
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Meher Pudumjee
Preeti Bajaj - CEO & MD
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Preeti Bajaj
Shankar Sisters - Pavitra, Nirupa - Managing Director/Jt MD
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Shankar Sisters - Pavitra, Nirupa
Aditi Kare Panandikar - Managing Director
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Aditi Kare Panandikar
Ipsita Dasgupta - SVP & MD
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Ipsita Dasgupta
Ashwini Bhide - Principal Secretary to Maharashtra CM and MD
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Ashwini Bhide
Anita Dongre - Founder
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Anita Dongre
Jyotsna Suri - Chairperson and Managing Director
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Jyotsna Suri
Amisha Vora - Chairperson & MD
86
Amisha Vora
Devita Saraf - Founder; Chairperson & CEO
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Devita Saraf
Nayanthara - Actor & Entrepreneur
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Nayanthara
Ipsita Das - Managing Director
89
Ipsita Das
Falguni Peacock - Creative Director
90
Falguni Peacock
Bina Modi - Chairperson and Managing Director
91
Bina Modi
Anupriya Acharya - CEO
92
Anupriya Acharya
Jaya Jagadish - Country Head and Sr VP
93
Jaya Jagadish
Messman Sisters - Kainaz, Tina - Co-founders
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Messman Sisters - Kainaz, Tina
Kami Viswanathan - President - Middle East; Indian subcontinent and Africa
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Kami Viswanathan
Bindu Reddy - CEO & Co-Founder
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Bindu Reddy
Bhakti Modi - CEO
97
Bhakti Modi
Namita Thapar - Executive Director
98
Namita Thapar
Ajaita Shah - Founder & CEO
99
Ajaita Shah
Sulajja Firodia Motwani - Founder & CEO
100
Sulajja Firodia Motwani
RANKNAMETITLEAFFILIATIONAGE
1Nirmala SitharamanUnion Finance MinisterGovernment of IndiaN/A
2Nita AmbaniFounder and ChairpersonReliance FoundationN/A
3Reddy Sisters: Shobana Kamineni; Sangita Reddy; Preetha Reddy; Suneeta ReddyPromoter Director/Jt MD/ Exec. Vice Chairperson/MDApollo Hospitals EnterpriseN/A
4Roshni Nadar MalhotraChairpersonHCLTechN/A
5Bela BajariaChief Content OfficerNetflixN/A
6Sudha MurtyMemberRajya SabhaN/A
7Savitri JindalChairperson Emeritus of OP Jindal Group; MLAHisar (Haryana)N/A
8Isha AmbaniDirectorReliance Retail VenturesN/A
9Gita GopinathFirst Deputy Managing DirectorIMFN/A
10Kalli PurieVice ChairpersonIndia Today GroupN/A
11Zia J. ModyCo-FounderAZB & PartnersN/A
12Arundhati BhattacharyaChairperson & CEOSalesforce India and South AsiaN/A
13Shobhana BhartiaChairperson & Editorial DirectorHT MediaN/A
14Kiran Mazumdar-ShawExecutive ChairpersonBiocon and Biocon BiologicsN/A
15Swati PiramalVice ChairpersonPiramal GroupN/A
16Leena NairGlobal Chief Executive OfficerChanelN/A
17Sangita JindalChairpersonJSW FoundationN/A
18Vinita GuptaCEOLupin LtdN/A
19Priti G AdaniChairpersonAdani FoundationN/A
20Avarna JainVice ChairpersonSaregamaN/A
21Pallavi ShroffManaging PartnerShardul Amarchand MangaldasN/A
22Mallika SrinivasanChairman & MDTAFEN/A
23Neerja BirlaFounder and ChairpersonMpowerN/A
24Nyrika HolkarExecutive DirectorGodrej & BoyceN/A
25Prabha NarasimhanManaging Director & CEOColgate-Palmolive IndiaN/A
26Daisy ChittilapillyPresidentCisco India and SaarcN/A
27Sandhya DevanathanVice President-IndiaMetaN/A
28Sindhu GangadharanSVP & MD and ChairpersonSAP Labs India and NasscomN/A
29Smriti IraniBJP politician and former Union ministerBJPN/A
30Vibha PadalkarManaging Director and CEOHDFC LifeN/A
31Vaishali Nigam SinhaCo-Founder & ChairpersonRenew and SustainabilityN/A
32Jyoti DeshpandePresident - Media and Content BusinessRILN/A
33Nandini PiramalNon-Executive Director and ChairpersonPiramal Enterprises and Piramal PharmaN/A
34Dipali GoenkaCEO and Managing DirectorWelspun LivingN/A
35Devika BulchandaniGlobal CEOOgilvyN/A
36Suchitra EllaManaging DirectorBharat BiotechN/A
37Priyanka Chopra JonasFounderPurple Pebble PicturesN/A
38Falguni NayarFounder and CEONykaaN/A
39Deepika PadukoneActor & EntrepreneurN/AN/A
40Alia BhattActor & EntrepreneurN/AN/A
41Nivruti RaiMD & CEOInvest IndiaN/A
42Ananya BirlaFounder & Chairperson and DirectorSvatantra Microfin and Birla CosmeticsN/A
43Prativa MohapatraVP and Managing DirectorAdobe IndiaN/A
44Monika ShergillVP - ContentNetflix IndiaN/A
45Lakshmi VenuManaging DirectorTVS HoldingsN/A
46Kaviya Kalanithi MaranED and CEOSun TV Network and Sunrisers HyderabadN/A
47Ghazal AlaghCo-Founder & Chief Innovation OfficerHonasa Consumer Pvt. Ltd (Mamaearth)N/A
48Anamika KhannaFashion Designer and FounderAK-OKN/A
49Natasha PoonawallaExecutive DirectorSerum Institute of IndiaN/A
50Devina MehraChairperson and MDFirst GlobalN/A
51Geetanjali KirloskarChairperson & MDKirloskar SystemsN/A
52Ravneet KaurChairpersonCCIN/A
53Pia SinghChairpersonDLF FoundationN/A
54Shereen BhanManaging EditorCNBC-TV18N/A
55Soumya RajanFounder & CEOWaterfield AdvisorsN/A
56Vishakha MulyeManaging Director & Chief Executive Officer (Designate)Aditya Birla Capital LimitedN/A
57Masaba GuptaDesigner and FounderHouse of MasabaN/A
58Manisha GirotraCEOMoelis IndiaN/A
59Navya Naveli NandaActor & EntrepreneurN/AN/A
60Upasana TakuCo-founder; Executive Director & CFOMobiKwikN/A
61Hina NagarajanManaging Director and CEODiageo IndiaN/A
62Alisha MoopenManaging Director & Group CEOAster DM Healthcare GCCN/A
63Ameera ShahPromoter and Executive ChairpersonMetropolis HealthcareN/A
64Vineeta SinghCEO and Co-founderSugar CosmeticsN/A
65Schauna Chauhan and Nadia ChauhanCEO/Joint MD and CMOParle AgroN/A
66The Tatas - Manasi Kirloskar Tata, Maya TataExecutive Director & CEOKirloskar Systems/Tata Digital & Trustee; Tata Education Trust and RD Tata TrustN/A
67Suchita Oswal JainVice Chairman & Joint Managing DirectorVardhman TextilesN/A
68Jayanti Khan ChauhanVice ChairpersonBisleri InternationalN/A
69Shradha Suri MarwahCMDSubrosN/A
70Sminu JindalMDJindal SAW LtdN/A
71Meghna AgarwalCo-founderIndiQubeN/A
72Ritu Gangrade AroraCEO & CIOAllianz Investment Management - Asia-PacificN/A
73Priya NairBusiness Group President - Beauty & WellbeingUnileverN/A
74Katrina KaifActor & Co-FounderKay BeautyN/A
75Vinati Saraf MutrejaMD & CEOVinati OrganicsN/A
76Anjali BansalFounding PartnerAvaana CapitalN/A
77Radhika GuptaMD & CEOEdelweiss Mutual FundN/A
78Meher PudumjeeChairpersonThermaxN/A
79Preeti BajajCEO & MDLuminous Power TechnologiesN/A
80Shankar Sisters - Pavitra, NirupaManaging Director/Jt MDBrigade GroupN/A
81Aditi Kare PanandikarManaging DirectorIndoco RemediesN/A
82Ipsita DasguptaSVP & MDHP India - Bangladesh and Sri LankaN/A
83Ashwini BhidePrincipal Secretary to Maharashtra CM and MDMumbai Metro Rail CorporationN/A
84Anita DongreFounderHouse of Anita DongreN/A
85Jyotsna SuriChairperson and Managing DirectorThe Lalit Suri Hospitality GroupN/A
86Amisha VoraChairperson & MDPL Capital Group (Prabhudas Lilladher)N/A
87Devita SarafFounder; Chairperson & CEOThe Vu GroupN/A
88NayantharaActor & EntrepreneurN/AN/A
89Ipsita DasManaging DirectorMoët Hennessy IndiaN/A
90Falguni PeacockCreative DirectorFalguni Shane PeacockN/A
91Bina ModiChairperson and Managing DirectorGodfrey Phillips IndiaN/A
92Anupriya AcharyaCEOPublicis Groupe South AsiaN/A
93Jaya JagadishCountry Head and Sr VPAMD IndiaN/A
94Messman Sisters - Kainaz, TinaCo-foundersTheobromaN/A
95Kami ViswanathanPresident - Middle East; Indian subcontinent and AfricaFedExN/A
96Bindu ReddyCEO & Co-FounderAbacus.aiN/A
97Bhakti ModiCEOTira BeautyN/A
98Namita ThaparExecutive DirectorEmcure PharmaceuticalsN/A
99Ajaita ShahFounder & CEOFrontier MarketsN/A
100Sulajja Firodia MotwaniFounder & CEOKinetic Green Energy & Power SolutionsN/A