Ardoino vs Jindal
Tether and JSW Steel.
The differences
- Forbes puts Savitri Jindal about $0.3B ahead of Paolo Ardoino.Forbes figures from 9 Oct 2026 and 9 Oct 2026.
- Paolo Ardoino: built it up. Savitri Jindal: through marriage.
- Savitri Jindal is about 34 years older than Paolo Ardoino.
- Paolo Ardoino is from Italy; Savitri Jindal is from India.
- Savitri Jindal has held a public or government advisory role; Paolo Ardoino has none on record.
Put someone else on either side
Side by side
Ardoino
JindalThe money
- Net worth, Forbes
- $38BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
- $38.3BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
- Net worth, Bloomberg
- $18.2BBloomberg, 30 Aug 2026
- $32.7BBloomberg, 17 Oct 2026
- Forbes rank
- No. 56Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
- No. 55Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
- Billionaire since
- 2025First on Forbes' annual World's Billionaires list in 2025, at No. 293
- Not stated
Where it came from
- How it started
- Built it upJoined Bitfinex as a software developer in 2014, became Tether's CTO in 2017 and its CEO in December 2023
- Through marriageTook over as chair of the O.P. Jindal Group and control of her husband's stake after his death in 2005; he founded the group in 1952
- Main source
- Stake in Tether HoldingsBloomberg: the bulk of his net worth comes from Tether Holdings; he is also a Bitfinex shareholder
- O.P. Jindal Group: stakes in JSW Steel, JSW Energy, Jindal Steel & Power, Jindal Stainless, Jindal Saw, JSW Infrastructure and JSW Holdings
- Companies
- Tether, BitfinexTether: CEO; Bitfinex: Chief technology officer
- JSW Steel, Jindal StainlessJSW Steel: None stated; run by her son Sajjan Jindal; Jindal Stainless: Chairperson emeritus of the O.P. Jindal Group, listed on the board page
- Biggest stake
- Tether20% owned
- JSW SteelStake not stated
The person
- Born
- 1984Northern Italy
- 20 Mar 1950Tinsukia, Assam, India
- Country
- Italy
- IndiaLives in Hisar, India
- Education
- Not statedComputer science, University of Genoa
- No universityMatriculation
- Parents
- Not stated
- Not stated
What they give
- Giving Pledge
- Not a signer
- Not a signer
- Foundation
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Lifetime giving
- Not stated
- Not stated
Role and record
- Role now
- Runs the companyCEO of Tether; chief technology officer of Bitfinex
- Chair of the boardChairperson emeritus of the O.P. Jindal Group; member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly for Hisar
- Successor
- Not stated
- Her four sons run the group's companies independently: Prithviraj (Jindal Saw), Sajjan (JSW Group), Ratan (Jindal Stainless) and Naveen (Jindal Steel)
- Public office
- None found
- Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly for Hisar; Haryana power minister; Haryana minister of state for revenue, disaster management, rehabilitation and housing; Haryana minister for urban local bodies; Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly for Hisar2005-2014; until 2009; 2006; 2013; 2024-
- Legal record
- None found
- 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.
