Rank #449
Rekha Jhunjhunwala
Net worth $8.1B
Investments · India
- Born
- Sep 12, 1963
- Age
- 62
- Source
- Investments
- Residence
- Mumbai
- Citizenship
- India
- Marital status
- Widowed
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Bachelor of Commerce, University of Mumbai
Net worth over time
Biography
- Rekha Jhunjhunwala inherited a valuable stock portfolio from her late husband Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, who was often referred to as India's Warren Buffett.
- The investor with a Midas touch passed away in 2022 at age 62.
- The most valuable listed holdings in the portfolio are watch and jewelry maker Titan, part of the Tata conglomerate, and healthtech firm Inventurus Knowledge Solutions.
- The late Jhunjhunwala's early bets on Star Health and Allied Insurance and Metro Brands paid off when both companies listed in 2021.
- Her husband was an investor in new, low-cost airline Akasa Air, which launched in August 2022, shortly before he died.
- Their privately owned stock trading firm Rare Enterprises, derives its name from the first two initials of her name and her husband's name.
- Son of an income tax officer, her husband started dabbling in stocks while still in college. He began investing with $100 in 1985.
Financial assets
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