This Indian billionaire is one of the richest women in Delhi, lives in a Rs 115 crore mansion & has a net worth of Rs 84 Thousand Crore

Interestingly, the Indian billionaire kick-started her career in media. She first interned at ​​CNBC and CNN and then worked as a news producer on Sky News, according to Business Insider. Speaking to the news website, she had reportedly stated that it was her father, Shiv Nadar, who encouraged her to pursue business so that she could understand how to one day run a media empire. While Nadar Malhotra went a more traditional way; joining HCL in 2009, joining its board in 2013, and finally taking over the reins of the company from her father in 2020, the avid interest in media remained. She produced TV shows for Animal Planet and National Geographic and even produced a small children’s film a few years ago.

Other than being responsible for all strategic decisions for the $12 billion (Rs 104954 crore) technology company, Nadar Malhotra is also the trustee of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, which is a major platform for promoting education among Indians of all social strata and has established some of India’s top colleges and schools.

A passionate conservationist, Nadar Malhotra also established The Habitats Trust in 2018, which works towards protecting the natural habitats of India and the indigenous species residing within them. She is also the chairperson of VidyaGyan Leadership Academy, a leadership academy for the underprivileged sections of society.

Net worth

Ever since she took on the run of the company in 2020, Nadar Malhotra has frequented multiple lists featuring the world’s top Indian billionaires. As of 2024, her net worth, estimated to be Rs 84,330 crore rupees, stems mostly from her role as Chairperson of HCL Technologies. She was labelled the ‘richest woman in India’ in 2020 and 2021, according to reports by Hurun India in collaboration with Kotak Private Banking.

A lavish mansion

Back in 2014, HCL chairman Shiv Nadar bought a luxurious bungalow worth Rs 115 crore in the Friends Colony East area of Delhi and gifted it to Nadar Malhotra and her husband, Shikhar Malhotra, the vice chairman of HCL Healthcare. This was reported as one of the largest transactions (of that time) in an area of Delhi outside of the coveted Lutyens Bungalow Zone (LBZ), according to The Economic Times.