Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Tan Su Shan Leads Fortune’s 2026 Most Powerful Women List
Fortune has published its 2026 list of influential women in Asia.
The list includes 100 women from 14 markets.
Tan Su Shan, who leads DBS Group, is ranked first.
Roshni Nadar Malhotra of HCLTech is ranked eighth and is the highest-ranked Indian on the list.
She became HCL’s chairperson in 2020, taking over from her father, Shiv Nadar.
The articles say she is guiding HCLTech toward using artificial intelligence more deeply.
They also report that a group joint venture with Foxconn is building a chip-packaging plant in India.
Twenty-four women are new to the list this year.
Fortune’s 2026 list recognizes 100 influential women across 14 Asia-Pacific markets.
DBS Group CEO Tan Su Shan ranks first; Roshni Nadar Malhotra of HCLTech ranks eighth and is the highest-ranked Indian.
Twenty-four women are new to this year’s list; the honorees include executives, chairs, regional leaders and founders.
Malhotra ranked seventh in 2025 and became HCL’s chairperson in 2020, succeeding her father, Shiv Nadar.
The articles say Malhotra is repositioning HCLTech as an AI-native enterprise, while a group joint venture with Foxconn is building a chip-packaging plant in Uttar Pradesh.
- Who
- The 100 women on Fortune’s list, including Tan Su Shan and Roshni Nadar Malhotra.
- What
- Fortune’s 2026 ranking of powerful women in Asia places Tan Su Shan first and Roshni Nadar Malhotra eighth.
- When
- The ranking is for 2026; the articles also describe Malhotra’s 2020 appointment and a March 2025 share transfer.
- Where
- Fourteen Asia-Pacific markets; the reported chip-packaging plant is in Uttar Pradesh, India.
- Why
- The list recognizes influential women in leadership roles across business and other professional fields.
List details in one article
List details in another article
Markets covered
List details in one article
The article about Malhotra describes the list as covering 14 markets in the Asia-Pacific region.
List details in another article
The article about Tan Su Shan specifies the 14 markets, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Thailand, India, Japan, Australia, Vietnam, Malaysia, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan and Indonesia.
- List publisher and year
- Fortune, 2026
- Women included
- 100
- Markets represented
- 14 Asia-Pacific markets
- Top-ranked
- Tan Su Shan, DBS Group CEO
- Roshni Nadar Malhotra’s rank
- No. 8; highest-ranked Indian leader
- New entries
- 24 women
- Malhotra’s prior rank
- No. 7 in 2025
- Reported chip-plant investment
- $440 million; a group joint venture with Foxconn broke ground in Uttar Pradesh in February
