Renuka Jagtiani

Renuka Jagtiani is an Indian businesswoman and the chairwoman of the Landmark Group, the Dubai-based retail conglomerate founded by her late husband, Mukesh "Micky" Jagtiani. She joined the group in 1993, founded its Splash clothing chain, became vice-chairperson in 2011 and took over as chairwoman and chief executive after her husband's death in May 2023. Forbes listed her among its billionaires for the first time in 2024. ^{1 2}

Jagtiani's birth year is not authoritatively published: the queue for this record gave 1954, Forbes described her as 70 when she entered its billionaires list in April 2024, and a biographical profile gives March 1955, noting that she joined Landmark at the age of 38, which fits her attested joining in 1993. ^{2 3} She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Mumbai. ³ She married Micky Jagtiani, who was born in Kuwait City in 1952 and died on 26 May 2023; the family is of Sindhi heritage. ¹ Their three children, Aarti, Nisha and Rahul, are all directors of the Landmark Group. ¹

The Landmark Group began as a single Babyshop store founded by Micky Jagtiani in Bahrain in 1973 and moved its headquarters to Dubai; it now runs more than a thousand stores across the Middle East and India and employs about 45,000 people. ¹ Renuka Jagtiani joined the group in 1993 and founded Splash, which grew into the Middle East's largest homegrown fashion label; as vice-chairperson from 2011 she drove much of the group's expansion, and she succeeded her husband as chairwoman in 2023. ^{1 3} Her honours include the Outstanding Asian Business Woman of the Year award in 2007, Gulf Business's Businesswoman of the Year in 2012, induction into the World Retail Congress Hall of Fame in 2017, places on Forbes Middle East's list of the region's most powerful businesswomen in 2022 and 2023, and a lifetime achievement award for retail leadership in 2024. ³ Forbes put her net worth at US$4.8 billion on its 2024 billionaires list and at US$5.6 billion on its India rich list of October 2024. ²

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