Most Powerful Women 2018: This Year's Top Women in Business

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Year202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011 2018Most Powerful Women - 2018In 2018, Fortune India unveiled its Most Powerful Women in Business list, celebrating

influential leaders reshaping industries. Legal powerhouse Zia Mody claimed the top spot, followed by Biocon's Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw. Suneeta Reddy of Apollo Hospitals secured third place,

marking her rise in the rankings, while Alice Vaidyan, Chairman and MD of General Insurance Corporation of India, ranked fourth.Read More1Zia J. Mody2Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw3Suneeta Reddy4Alice

G. Vaidyan5Mallika Srinivasan6Zarin Daruwala7Kaku Nakhate8Shobhana Bhartia9Renuka Ramnath10Shikha Sharma11Kalpana Morparia12Aisha De Sequeira13Meher Pudumjee14Renu Sud Karnad15Ashu

Suyash16Shanti Ekambaram17Rekha M. Menon18Aarthi Subramanian19Vinita Gupta20Nisaba Godrej21Jyoti Deshpande22Mira Kulkarni23Vanitha Narayanan24Anita Dongre25Falguni Nayar26Anushka

Sharma27Schauna Chauhan28Samina Hamied29Ektaa R. Kapoor30Anupriya Acharya31Pallavi Shroff32Roopa Kudva33Meena Ganesh34Vani Kola35R.M. Vishakha36Ameera Shah37Ritu Kumar38Priya Paul39Vishakha

Mulye40Priya Nair41Harshbeena Zaveri42Gauri Khan43Chetna Gala Sinha44Padmaja Ruparel45Nivruti Rai46Apurva Purohit47Ritu Kapur48Shahnaz Husain49Debarati Sen50Anita

ArjundasRANKNAMETITLEAFFILIATIONAGE1Zia J. ModyCo-founderAZB & Partners622Kiran Mazumdar-ShawChairperson and MDBiocon653Suneeta ReddyManaging directorApollo Hospitals Enterprise594Alice G.

VaidyanChairman and managing directorGeneral InsuranceCorporation of India (GIC Re)595Mallika SrinivasanChairman and CEOTractors and FarmEquipment (TAFE)586Zarin DaruwalaCEOStandard

Chartered Bank, India537Kaku NakhatePresident andcountry head, IndiaBank of AmericaMerrill Lynch518Shobhana BhartiaChairperson andeditorial directorHT Media619Renuka RamnathFounder and

CEOMultiples Alternate AssetManagement5610Shikha SharmaManaging director & CEOAXIS BANK5911Kalpana MorpariaCEO, South and Southeast AsiaJ.P. Morgan6912Aisha De SequeiraCo-country head and

head ofinvestment banking, IndiaMorgan Stanley4813Meher PudumjeeChairpersonThermax5214Renu Sud KarnadManaging directorHDFC6615Ashu SuyashMD and CEOCRISIL5116Shanti EkambaramPresident,

consumer bankingKotak Mahindra Bank5517Rekha M. MenonChairman and seniormanaging directorAccenture in India5918Aarthi SubramanianChief

digital officerTata Sons5119Vinita GuptaCEOLupin5020Nisaba GodrejExecutive chairpersonGodrej ConsumerProducts4021Jyoti DeshpandeHead of media and entertainmentbusiness, and president,

chairman’sofficeReliance Industries4822Mira KulkarniChairmanand managing directorMountain Valley Springs6223Vanitha NarayananChairman, IBM India (until Jan. 2018); currently, MD, Verizon

Global AccountIBM Global Markets5924Anita DongreFounderHouse of Anita Dongre5525Falguni NayarFounder and CEONykaa5526Anushka SharmaCo-founderClean Slate Films3027Schauna ChauhanCEOParlé

Agro4228Samina Hamied Executive vice chairpersonCipla4229Ektaa R. KapoorJoint managing directorBalaji Telefilms4330Anupriya AcharyaCEOPublicis Media India4831Pallavi ShroffManaging partner

and national practice head, dispute resolutionShardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co6232Roopa KudvaPartner and managing directorOmidyar Network India5433Meena GaneshManaging director and CEOPortea

Medical5534Vani KolaManaging directorKalaari Capital5435R.M. VishakhaManaging director and CEOIndiaFirst Life Insurance5436Ameera ShahPromoter and MDMetropolis Healthcare3937Ritu

KumarFounderRitu Kumar Design7438Priya PaulChairpersonApeejay Surrendra Park Hotels5239Vishakha MulyeExecutive directorICICI Bank4940Priya NairExecutive director, Home CareHindustan

Unilever4441Harshbeena ZaveriVice chairman and managing directorNRB Bearings5842Gauri KhanFounder and chief executive officerGauri Khan Designs4743Chetna Gala SinhaChair, Mann Deshi Mahila

Sahakari Bank; founder and presidentMann Deshi Foundation5944Padmaja RuparelCo-founder and president Indian Angel Network; founding partner, IAN FundIndian Angel Network, IAN Fund5645Nivruti

RaiCountry headIntel India4946Apurva PurohitPresidentJagran Prakashan Group5147Ritu KapurCo-founder & CEOQuintillion Media5048Shahnaz HusainFounderShahnaz Husain Group of

Companies7449Debarati SenManaging director3M India5050Anita ArjundasOutgoing MDMahindra Lifespace Developers51 HomeRankingsMost Powerful Women2018Follow usPublished by the RP-Sanjiv Goenka

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