IndiaThrough marriage
Savitri Jindal
Savitri Jindal is the widow of O.P. Jindal Group founder Om Prakash Jindal and a Haryana state legislator; the family fortune is the group's steel, power and infrastructure companies, run separately by her four sons.
- Forbes estimate
- $38.3B
- Forbes, 9 Oct 2026
- Forbes rank
- No. 55
- 9 Oct 2026
- Main company
- JSW Steel
- Net worth, Bloomberg
- $32.7B
- Bloomberg, 17 Oct 2026
- Born
- 20 Mar 1950
- Tinsukia, Assam, India
- Education
- No university
- Matriculation
- Giving Pledge
- Not a signer
Where the fortune sits
O.P. Jindal Group: stakes in JSW Steel, JSW Energy, Jindal Steel & Power, Jindal Stainless, Jindal Saw, JSW Infrastructure and JSW Holdings
JSW Steel
steel
Bloomberg says she controls her late husband's 20% of the family's shareholding in each company but gives no percentage of company shares
None stated; run by her son Sajjan Jindal
Jindal Stainless
stainless steel
No personal percentage in the cited sources
Chairperson emeritus of the O.P. Jindal Group, listed on the board page
Where Savitri stands among 73
Everyone on the site, grouped by their answer. Savitri Jindal is outlined.
How the fortune started
Through marriage
Through marriage 5
Founded it 42
Inherited and grew it 12
Built it up 8
Inherited it 6
Industry
Metals and mining
Metals and mining 6
Technology 24
Finance 10
Several industries 9
Retail 4
Fashion and beauty 4
Media 3
Food and drink 3
Shipping 3
Crypto 2
Oil, gas and chemicals 2
Healthcare 1
Casinos and resorts 1
Property and sports 1
Giving Pledge
Not a signer
Not a signer 61
Signed 11
Not stated 1
Education
No university
No university 5
Bachelor's degree 27
Graduate degree 24
Left university without a degree 6
Not stated 11
Role today
Chair, board or owner
Chair, board or owner 25
Runs the company 32
Founder, no executive role 8
No role 4
Retired 4
The person
- Born
- 20 Mar 1950Tinsukia, Assam, India
- Citizenship
- India
- Lives in
- Hisar, India
- Education
- No universityMatriculation
- Parents
- Not stated
What they give
- Giving Pledge
- Not a signer
- Foundation
- Not statedNo foundation of her own in the cited sources; Bloomberg says she continues her husband's social welfare work in education, health care and the environment
- Lifetime giving
- Not stated
Role and record
- Role now
- Chair of the boardChairperson emeritus of the O.P. Jindal Group; member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly for Hisar
- Successor
- Her four sons run the group's companies independently: Prithviraj (Jindal Saw), Sajjan (JSW Group), Ratan (Jindal Stainless) and Naveen (Jindal Steel)
- Public office
- Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly for Hisar, 2005-2014
- Haryana power minister, until 2009
- Haryana minister of state for revenue, disaster management, rehabilitation and housing, 2006
- Haryana minister for urban local bodies, 2013
- Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly for Hisar, 2024-
- Legal record
- 2013, Punjab and Haryana High CourtThe court directed her to vacate her official residence, held after her term as power minister ended in 2009, and imposed a penalty.
