Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Anushka Sharma have joined the elite list of Fortune India’s Top 50 Most Powerful Women 2020. The list features ‘powerful women in business who are making an impact by virtue of their business acumen and social and cultural influence’. According to Fortune India, Anushka has ‘carved a place for herself in the extremely competitive entertainment industry,’ while Priyanka has ‘shown herself to be an astute businesswoman.’
Anushka has managed to secure the 36th position in the list, a jump from last year’s 39th position. She has got the position after delivering two back-to-back hits as producer in the form of Paatal Lok and Bulbbul. Anushka started her own production company Clean Slate Films in collaboration with her brother Karnesh Sharma when she was only 25 years old. Fortune India wrote, “Sharma is not only the face of her clothing line Nush and several other brands such as Nivea, Elle 18, Myntra and Lavie, but also a producer. Under the banner, she produced films like Bulbbul, NH10, Phillauri and Pari. They made around Rs 40 crore each at the box office,” it noted.
.@AnushkaSharma, @priyankachopra in @FortuneIndia’s #MPW2020 list! @ektarkapoor of Balaji Telefilms is the highest-ranked #entertainment sector lister, at No. 32.
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— Fortune India (@FortuneIndia) November 6, 2020
On the other hand, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka is the founder of Purple Pebble Pictures and investor in Bumble a woman-friendly dating app. Apart from these, she has also invested in US –based Holberton School, a project-based alternative to college for coders and software engineers and has several Hollywood lined up which she is producing or has a starring role in. She will be next seen in The White Tiger, Citadel, Matrix 4 and other lucrative projects. She secured the 37th position in the list.
(Source: Fortune India)
