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Indu Jain

1936 - 2021

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Indu Jain (8 September 1936 – 13 May 2021) was an Indian media executive and philanthropist. She belonged to the Sahu Jain family and was the chairperson of India's largest media group, popularly known as The Times Group. As of 2006, Indu Jain had an estimated net worth of $2.4 billion, making her the 317th-richest person in the world. She was involved in philanthropy related to development and disaster relief, as well as literary endeavours. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Indu Jain is the 874th most popular businessperson (down from 789th in 2024), the 1,383rd most popular biography from India (down from 1,174th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Indian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Indu Jain ranks 874 out of 847. Before her are Liang Wenfeng, Alexis Ohanian, Joel Spolsky, Ursula Burns, Chris Anderson, and Tom Hicks. After her are Ben Horowitz, Whitney Wolfe Herd, Sunil Mittal, Shantanu Narayen, Samantha Cameron, and Randi Zuckerberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Indu Jain ranks 596. Before her are Freddy Cannon, Garfield Sobers, Maurice Setters, Sue Ane Langdon, Alcee Hastings, and Lucille Clifton. After her are Jyotindra Nath Dixit, and Rafael Campos. Among people deceased in 2021, Indu Jain ranks 748. Before her are Andrea Haugen, Leopoldo Serantes, Luton Shelton, Ali Sadpara, Eric Wagner, and Miguel Miranda. After her are Ivo Georgiev, Marília Mendonça, Will Ryan, Vadim Khamuttskikh, Ladislav Lubina, and Nikolay Chebotko.

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In India

Among people born in India, Indu Jain ranks 1,383 out of 1,861. Before her are Kunjarani Devi (1968), Sulakshana Pandit (1954), Meena Alexander (1951), Rita Bhaduri (1955), Mani Kaul (1944), and Mohammad Azharuddin (1963). After her are Rahul Bose (1967), Soha Ali Khan (1978), Saina Nehwal (1990), Dinesh D'Souza (1961), Seema Biswas (1965), and Prabhu Deva (1973).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In India

Among businesspeople born in India, Indu Jain ranks 25. Before her are Nita Ambani (1963), Dorabji Tata (1859), Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (1953), Pallonji Mistry (1929), Vinod Khosla (1955), and Sunita Narain (1961). After her are Sunil Mittal (1957), Shantanu Narayen (1963), Parag Agrawal (1984), Chanda Kochhar (1961), Vinita Bali (1955), and Sabeer Bhatia (1968).

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