Savitri Jindal, the richest woman in Asia with $11.3 billion wealth, is the Chairperson Emeritus of the OP Jindal Group. Jindal took over the steel and power conglomerate at the age of 55, after her husband Om Prakash Jindal died in a helicopter crash in 2005. The 72-year-old has previously also served as a Cabinet Minister in the Haryana government.