Savitri Devi Jindal (born 20 March 1950) is an Indian businesswoman and politician. She is the chairperson emeritus of the O.P. Jindal Group. She is also the president of Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha. As of October 2025, the Jindal family's net worth is estimated at US$40 billion.
In October 2024, Jindal and her family were ranked third on the Forbes list of India's 100 richest tycoons, with a net worth of $34.4 billion.
Biography
Jindal was born in Tinsukia, Assam in a Hindu Marwari family. She married Om Prakash Jindal in the 1966, who had founded the Jindal Group, a steel and power conglomerate.
The revenue of the company quadrupled after she took charge of the company after her husband's death in a helicopter crash. Each of the four divisions of her business is run by her four sons, Prithviraj, Sajjan Jindal, Ratan Jindal and Naveen Jindal. Jindal Steel is the currently the third-largest producer of steel in India.
Jindal is currently considered the richest woman in India as of 3 March 2024, and the 50th richest person in the world. She is the world's seventh-richest mother and continues to contribute to the entrepreneurial legacy that her husband started. She was conferred with Acharya Tulsi Kartritva Puraskar in 2008 by Akhil Bhartiya Terapanth Mahila Mandal (ABTMM), a socio-religious NGO.
Political life
In 2005, Jindal was first elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Hisar constituency in a by-election, which was earlier represented by her husband, Om Prakash Jindal, before he passed away. During this term she served as the Minister of State for Revenue, Disaster Management, Rehabilitation and Housing in the Government of Haryana. In 2009, she was re-elected to the same constituency and then served as the Cabinet Minister for Urban Local Bodies and Housing of Haryana.
