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10/11/22 14:38 PM IST

3 Indian women feature in 2022 Asia’s Power Businesswomen List

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  • Soma Mondal, the chairperson of Steel Authority of India Ltd; Namita Thapar, executive director at India business of Emcure Pharma; and Ghazal Alagh, co-founder and chief innovation officer of Honasa Consumer, are on the list.
Asia’s Power Businesswomen 2022: Ghazal Alagh
  • The first Indian women named on the list is Ghazal Alagh, 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.
Asia’s Power Businesswomen 2022: Soma Mondal
  • Second Indian businesswoman on the list is Soma Mondal, chairperson of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), the first to chair the state-run company. Forbes said that since Mondal becoming SAIL chairperson in 2021, its annual revenue has grown by 50 per cent for the year ended March 31, 2022.
Asia’s Power Businesswomen 2022: Namita Thapar
  • Namita Thapar, executive director at India business of Emcure Pharma, is the third Indian to be named of Forbes Asia’s Power Businesswomen 2022 list. Thapar, 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.
Asia’s Power Businesswomen 2022
  • This year, the list includes three women each from India, Japan, Australia and Indonesia, two each from South Korea, Singapore and Thailand, and one each from Taiwan and China.
  • The women were selected for their achievements in running a business with sizeable revenue and demonstrating strong leadership throughout their career.
Source- The Tribune 

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