Savitri Jindal Of India, New Richest Woman In Asia: Bloomberg Billionaires Index

Yang Huiyan was overtaken in Bloomberg Billionaires Index on July 29 by Savitri Jindal of India, who has a wealth of $11.3 billion owing to her conglomerate Jindal Group, which is active in industries such as metals and power generation. She also fell behind fellow Chinese mogul Fan Hongwei, whose fortune stems from the chemical-fiber business Hengli Petrochemical Co. The 72-year-old is India's wealthiest woman and the country's 10th-richest individual.