Meet India’s richest woman, Savitri Jindal: with a net worth of US$17.7 billion, the wealthy Jindal Group mogul joins Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani on Forbes’ India’s 100 Richest list

• Savitri was born in Tinsukia, India and married O.P. Jindal who founded his eponymous steel company two years after the wedding – it went on to become a leading conglomerate
• Her husband tragically died in 2005, putting her at the helm of the business – she is also president of the Maharaja Agrasen College and vows to set up a school for every factory built