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Forbes Asia’s Power Businesswomen 2022 lists features 3 Indian women

Category : Business and economics
Published on: November 11 2022 Share on facebook

  • Forbes Asia unveiled its annual ‘Asia’s Power Businesswomen’ list which features 20 women from the Asia-Pacific region.
  • The 20 women on the list have come up with varying strategies to help their businesses reach new heights despite the various obstacles that businesses and economies have had to endure in recent times.
  • Steel Authority of India chairperson Soma Mondal, personal care brand Mamaearth's co-founder Ghazal Alagh and Emcure Pharma executive director Namita Thapar are the top Indian business leaders in the Asia's power list.
  • Soma Mondal became the first woman to chair the state-run SAIL, having taken over in 2021.
  • Ghazal Alagh is a co-founder and chief innovation officer of Honasa Consumer, Mamaearth’s parent firm. She started Gurgaon-based Company in 2016 with her husband Varun who is the CEO. In January this year, Alagh’s company turned a unicorn.
  • Namita Thapar is a executive director at India business of Emcure Pharma, who also featured on Shark Tank India as a judge oversees the India business of the Rs 61 billion Pune-based company that her father, Satish Mehta, founded over forty years ago.
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