Top 10 influential female entrepreneurs of India
So what exactly is an entrepreneur.??
Someone who exercises initiative by organizing a venture to take benefit of an opportunity and, as the decision maker, decides what, how, and how much of a good or service will be produced.
Gone are the days when women were considered inferior in the field of entrepreneurship. Narendra Modi’s start up friendly environment in the country has proved to be a blessing for female entrepreneurs and instrumental in fighting gender stereotyping in the business community.
This list consists of 10 female entrepreneurs of India who made their way to success with their hard work and tremendous dedication.
- Zia Mody,Managing Partner,AZB & Partners
Mody is considered a legal giant and one of India's foremost corporate attorneys whose counsel sought,and kept,by India's high and mighty.
- Kiran Mazumdar Shaw,Chairman and MD,Biocon
She started the company to make industrial enzymes in her garage in 1978,with seed capital of Rs 10,000.Today Biocon is Asia's largest biopharma concern, worth $566 million.
- Chanda Kochhar,MD,CEO,ICICI bank
She looks over and excellently handles the assets worth $93 billion , more than 2,750 branches in India and the banks presence in 19 countries.
- Kumud Srinivasan,President Intel India
In January 2013,she was appointed the first woman president of 54$ billion computer chipmaker Intel corp. in India.
- Kirthiga Reddy,Head,Facebook India
She heads facebook India,where the number of users has grown by 140 percent to notch 68 million users.
- Mallika Srinivasan,CEO,TAFE
The company's (Tractor and Farm Equipment) turover grew from Rs 86 crores in 1985 to Rs 8500 crores in 2011
- Aisha De Sequeira,MD,Morgan Stanley India Investment Banking
Ms. Aisha de Sequeira serves as Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking, India of Morgan Stanley. Ms. de Sequeira has been the Head of India Investment Banking of Morgan Stanley. Ms. de Sequeira responsible for overseeing the full spectrum of investment banking services including advisory and capital raising for Indian clients.
- Vinita Bali,MD,Britannia Industries
The face of Britannia for the last seven years ,She is the only Indian on the 27 member United Nations
Committee setup to lead the 'scaling up nutrition' movement globally.
- Naina Lal Kidwai,President,FICCI & Country Head,HSBC
She became the first woman to head the leading industry body.She was awarded the Padmashri award for her contribution t otrade industry.
- Neelam Dhawan,MD,Hewlett Packard India
Dhawan was among the first women to head a technology firm in the country.
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