5 tech leaders among Asia's 10 most powerful women

Technology is the most represented industry on Fortune's 2026 Most Powerful Women Asia list, released Oct. 6, accounting for 16 of the 100 honorees, ahead of banking with 14.

The annual ranking covers business leaders across 14 Asian markets, assessing them on business scale and performance, innovation, influence, career trajectory and broader impact.

Five technology executives secured places in the top 10, with careers spanning electronics manufacturing, telecommunications, electric vehicles and IT services.

Wang Laichun

Wang Laichun, chairwoman and CEO Luxshare Precision Industry. Photo courtesy of Luxshare

Wang, 59, chairwoman and CEO of Chinese electronics manufacturer Luxshare Precision Industry, retained second place from 2025 after topping the inaugural Asia ranking in 2024.

A former factory worker, Wang built Luxshare with her brother into a major supplier to Apple, manufacturing products including AirPods, iPhones and components for the Vision Pro mixed-reality headset.

Luxshare's revenue surged 40% year-on-year to 174.5 billion yuan (US$26 billion) in the first half of 2026, driven by consumer electronics, automotive products and AI data-center equipment. Forbes estimated her net worth at $11.5 billion as of Oct. 8.

Wang also ranked eighth on Fortune's global Most Powerful Women list released in May.

Zhou Qunfei

Zhou Qunfei, founder and chairwoman of Lens Technology. Photo courtesy of Lens Technology

Zhou, 56, founder and chairwoman of Chinese electronics manufacturer Lens Technology, made the biggest leap in this year's Asia ranking, climbing 25 places to third.

Like Wang, Zhou rose from factory worker to billionaire entrepreneur, becoming one of China's wealthiest self-made women. She left school as a teenager and worked at a watch-lens factory before founding Lens Technology in 2003.

The company grew into a major supplier of glass and other components for smartphones, with Apple and Tesla among its major customers. It has since expanded into electric vehicles and humanoid robotics.

Zhou's fortune is estimated at about $15.4 billion. Her prominence was on display in May when she was seated between Apple CEO Tim Cook and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, two of her company's biggest customers, at a state banquet in Beijing during U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to China, according to the South China Morning Post.

Meng Wanzho

Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei. Photo courtesy of Huawei

Meng, 54, deputy chairwoman and chief financial officer of Chinese technology giant Huawei, ranks fourth, down from third in 2025.

The daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, Meng joined the company in 1993 and has spent more than three decades there. Dubbed the "Princess of Huawei" by Chinese media, she is also one of three executives who take turns serving as Huawei's rotating chair, most recently holding the position through March 2026.

Meng drew international attention after her arrest in Canada in December 2018 at the request of U.S. authorities over bank fraud allegations linked to Huawei's dealings with Iran, according to Reuters.

She spent nearly three years under bail restrictions in Vancouver before returning to China in September 2021 following a deferred prosecution agreement with U.S. authorities that led to the termination of extradition proceedings.

In her 2026 New Year address, published in December 2025, Meng described artificial intelligence as a long-term strategic opportunity, outlining plans to expand Huawei's Ascend AI computing ecosystem, bring AI capabilities to consumer devices and improve data-center efficiency.

Huawei generated 881 billion yuan in revenue in 2025, its second-highest annual total, while spending more than one-fifth of its revenue on research and development. The company is expanding its Ascend AI chip business as it seeks to reduce reliance on foreign semiconductor technology amid U.S. export restrictions.

Wang Fengying

Wang Fengying, president of Xpeng Motor. Photo courtesy of Xpeng

Wang, 55, president of Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng, ranks seventh. She joined Xpeng in January 2023 after more than three decades at Great Wall Motor, where she rose from a frontline sales employee to vice chairwoman and general manager.

At Xpeng, Wang took charge of product planning, sales and portfolio management as the automaker struggled with declining deliveries and intensifying competition. She helped overhaul its product lineup, sales network and branding as annual vehicle deliveries rose from 120,800 in 2023 to 429,400 in 2025, according to Chinese automotive news outlet CnEVPost. Xpeng's revenue surged 88% to 76.7 billion yuan in 2025. The company also reported its first quarterly net profit in the final three months of the year.

Beyond EVs, Xpeng is expanding into artificial intelligence, semiconductors, autonomous driving and humanoid robotics. Its robotics business raised more than $900 million in 2026 to develop humanoid robots.

Wang also became an Xpeng shareholder in March 2026 after 1.65 million shares awarded under an employee incentive plan vested following three years of service. The stake was worth approximately $13 million in May.

Roshni Nadar Malhotra

Roshni Nadar Malhotra, chairperson of HCLTech. Photo courtesy of HCLTech

Malhotra, chairperson of Indian technology giant HCLTech, ranks eighth, slipping one position from 2025.

The 44-year-old daughter of HCL founder Shiv Nadar, she began her career in television journalism, interning at CNN in the U.S. before working at Sky News in London, she said in a 2009 interview with Forbes.

A graduate of Northwestern University with an MBA from its Kellogg School of Management, she became CEO of HCL Corporation at 27 and succeeded her father as HCLTech chairperson in 2020, becoming the first woman to chair a publicly listed Indian IT company, according to The Indian Express.

HCLTech has expanded into artificial intelligence, software and digital services, generating $14.7 billion in revenue in the fiscal year ended March 2026. The wider HCL Group is also expanding into semiconductors.

Beyond business, Malhotra is a trustee of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, which supports education for disadvantaged children, and founded The Habitats Trust, an organization dedicated to wildlife and habitat conservation.

She is India's richest woman, with her family's fortune estimated at 2.79 trillion rupees, according to the 2026 Hurun India Rich List.