Nykaa founder Falguni Nayar: India has a new self-made woman billionaire

Published:Dec 7, 202310:15
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Shares in FSN E-Commerce Ventures — the proprietor of cosmetics e-commerce web site Nykaa — have surged since they started buying and selling in Mumbai this week. The inventory has greater than doubled its problem value, making the corporate price practically $14 billion, eleven instances the valuation in its final personal funding spherical in 2020.
As a outcome, founder and CEO Falguni Nayar — one of many few Indian ladies to begin and lead a tech firm price greater than $1 billion — has seen her internet price soar to virtually $7 billion. That makes her the nation's latest self-made billionaire, in accordance with the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Nayar based the corporate in 2012, at a time when most Indians purchased make-up merchandise at native mom-and pop shops, however have been warming as much as the thought of buying online.
Nykaa, which implies "actress" in Sanskrit, now presents over 4,000 manufacturers on its web site. It recorded 24.5 billion rupees ($330 million) in income within the fiscal 12 months led to March.
Nayar studied on the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, the nation's most prestigious enterprise faculty. She is now India's wealthiest self-made feminine billionaire, in accordance with Bloomberg.
Savitri Jindal, who's the chairwoman of the $18 billion O.P. Jindal Group — which was arrange by her husband — stays the richest woman within the nation, with a internet price of practically $13 billion.

India's billionaires have gotten richer

The pandemic has pushed many Indians out of the workforce, and notably ladies who're decrease down the financial ladder. But the final 12 months has been nice for the nation's ultra-wealthy.

Mukesh Ambani — chairman of the sprawling conglomerate Reliance Industries — is now price greater than $97 billion, over $20 billion greater than a 12 months in the past, in accordance with Bloomberg. Not far behind him is Adani Group founder Gautam Adani, whose wealth skyrocketed from lower than $30 billion this time final 12 months to over $85 billion at the moment.

It has additionally been a landmark 12 months for Indian tech startups. Several have acquired an enthusiastic response from buyers after launching preliminary public choices.

Earlier this 12 months, meals supply big Zomato turned the primary Indian tech unicorn — a time period used for startups price over $1 billion — to go public.Nykaa is not the one excessive profile public debut this month, both. Payments agency Paytm launched a $2.5 billion IPO, India's largest ever. It's anticipated to begin buying and selling subsequent week.



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