Leena Nair, Global CEO, Chanel
A slender figure in her knee-length dresses, with a thick sweep of black hair and ready smile, Leena Nair embodies an easy elegance. Not unlike Chanel’s signature stuff–tweed suits, quilted handbags, and its Number 5 perfume. The 112-year-old French luxury house founded by Coco Chanel named Nair as its chief executive starting January.
(This story appears in the 16 December, 2022 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)