New Delhi: Forbes magazine has published its annual billionaires list for the year 2018. The richest Indian woman on the Forbes list is Savitri Jindal of the Jindal steel and power conglomerate, who ranks 176th globally on the Forbes list with $8.8 billion.


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Next is the biotech entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw at 629 with $3.6 billion.


RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian as per the Forbes list.


There are now a record 2,208 billionaires in the world, Forbes counted, and their combined worth is $9.1 trillion, up 18 percent from last year.


The US has the most billionaires (585), followed by mainland China (373).


Forbes' list contains 259 newcomers, including the first-ever cryptocurrency billionaires.


Check out the top 5 richest Indian women


Savitri Jindal


Global Ranking: 176


Company/Sector: Steel


Net Worth: $8.8 billion



Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw


Global Ranking: 629


Company/Sector: Biocon


Net Worth: $3.6 billion
 


Leena Tewari     


Global Ranking: 1020     


Company/Sector: Pharmaceuticals


Net Worth: $2.4 billion
 


Anu Aga     


Global Ranking: 1650     


Company/Sector: Engineering


Net Worth: $1.4 billion


Global Ranking: 1999     
 


Madhu Kapur     


Company/Sector: Banking


Net Worth: $1.1 billion