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Falguni Nayar
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Falguni Nayar serves as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nykaa. An Indian founder-CEO turning beauty commerce into a women-led consumer technology institution.
FigureAsia Asia Wealth Index
Snapshot as of 15 July 2026
- Asia wealth rank
- No. 258
- Estimated net worth
- $5.1B
- Primary market
- India
- Field
- Consumer & Culture
Overview
Professional record
An Indian founder-CEO turning beauty commerce into a women-led consumer technology institution. Her contribution was scaling category trust, brand discovery and omnichannel beauty retail for India's expanding consumer class. Her influence reaches beauty brands, founders, retailers, investors and professional women studying late-career entrepreneurship.
FigureAsia Record
Selected recognition
2026
Top 100 CEOs 2026
No. 54
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2026
Top 100 Business Leaders 2026
No. 58
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2026
FigureAsia Asia Wealth Index
No. 258
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2025
Asia's Women 100 2025
No. 40
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2025
Asia's Top Entrepreneurs 2025
No. 42
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2025
Asia's Top Founders 100 2025
No. 45
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2025
Asia's Top CEOs 100 2025
No. 48
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2025
Asia's Future 100 2025
No. 57
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2025
Asia's Top Business Leaders 2025
No. 69
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2024
Asia's Top Marketing & Brand Leaders 2024
No. 10
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2024
Asia's Top Self-Made Leaders 2024
No. 21
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2024
Asia's Top Founders 2024
No. 22
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2024
Asia's Top Business Leaders 2024
No. 63
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2024
Asia's Women 100 2024
No. 67
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2023
Asia's Top Self-Made Leaders 2023
No. 12
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2023
Asia's Top Founders 2023
No. 29
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2023
Asia's Women 100 2023
No. 44
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2023
Asia's Top CEOs 2023
No. 49
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2023
Asia's Future 100 2023
No. 71
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2022
FigureAsia 2022 Women 100
No. 7
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2022
Asia's Top CEOs 2022
No. 63
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2021
Asia's Women 100 2021
No. 1
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2021
Asia's Top Tech Leaders 2021
No. 30
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2021
Asia's Top CEOs 2021
No. 66
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2021
Asia's Most Influential Leaders 2021
No. 68
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2021
Asia's Top CMOs 2021
No. 96
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2020
FigureAsia 2020 Women 100
No. 17
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2020
Asia's Top Founders 2020
No. 32
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2020
Asia's Top CEOs 2020
No. 38
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2020
FigureAsia 100: Asia's Most Influential Leaders 2020
No. 98
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2019
Asia's Most Influential Women Leaders 2019
No. 46
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2019
Asia's Top Founders 2019
No. 46
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2018
Asia's Top CEOs 2018
No. 50
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2017
Asia's Top Founders 2017
No. 43
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