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Sunday, November 10, 2013

Chanda Kochhar tops Fortunes list of 50 businesswomen

 
ICICI Bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar has been named as the most powerful businesswoman in India for the third consecutive year by the Fortune Magazine.

Shikha Sharma of Axis Bank and Aruna Jayanthi of Capgemini India have taken the second and third place in the Fortune list of 50 most powerful businesswomen ranking for 2013. Preetha Reddy, Managing Director of Apollo Hospital Enterprises, and Mallika Srinivasan, CEO of Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE), have secured the fourth and fifth positions, respectively.

The list had are six new entrants — Yasmine Hilton, Chairperson, Shell India; Vanitha Naraynan, MD, IBM India; Anita Dongre, Founder, Anita Dongre; N. Bhuvaneswari, Vice-Chairman and MD, Heritage Foods; Ashu Suyash, CEO, L&T Investment Management; and Awani Saglani Davda, CEO, Tata Starbucks India.

Other women who figure in the top 10 of the Fortune India’s 50 most powerful businesswomen are: Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson, HT Media; Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairperson and MD, Biocon; Zia Mody, co-founder, AZB Partners; Vinita Bali, MD, Britannia Industries; and Naina Lal Kidwai, Country Head, HSBC India.

Others in the list included Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms, Chitra Ramkrishna of the National Stock Exchange and Renu Sood Karnad of HDFC.

Fortune Magazine:
  • Fortune is a global business magazine published by Time Inc. and founded by Henry Luce in 1930.
  • The publishing business, consisting of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated, grew to become Time Warner.
  • Fortune's primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Forbes, which is also published bi-weekly, and Bloomberg Businessweek.
  • CNNMoney.com is the online home of Fortune, in addition to Money.
  • The magazine is especially known for its annual features ranking companies by revenue.
  • A theme of Fortune is its regular publishing of researched and ranked lists.
  • Its famous rankings include Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, Fortune Global 500, Fortune India 500, 40 under 40 (Fortune Magazine) and Fortune Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs.
What: Fortune's list of most powerful businesswoman in India
When: November 7, 2013
Who: Chanda Kochhar topped the list

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