With a net worth of $1.9 billion, Biocon’s Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is the sole Indian in the self-made women billionaires across the globe and ranks at 36th position out of a total 88, according to the latest Hurun Global Self-Made Women Billionaires List. Her net worth over the last one year has jumped 90%, according to the survey findings.

Only 12 countries managed to produce self-made women billionaires. Chen Lihua, 76, of FuWah, is the most successful businesswoman in the world and tops this list with a net worth of $7.2 billion. Growing up in poverty, Chen moved to Hong ...