Cloud computing: Indra Nooyi and Jayshree Ullal among four Indian-origin business leaders in Forbes list of 100 richest self-made women – Times of India

New York: Four women of Indian origin are also included Jayshree Ullal and Indra Nooyi, has been nominated by forbes One of America’s 100 Richest Self-Made Women, with a net worth of $4.06 billion. President and CEO of Arista Networks, a computer networking firm; Jayshree Ullal, co-founder of IT consulting and outsourcing firm Synte; Neerja Sethi, co-founder and former chief technology officer (CTO) of cloud company Confluent; Neha Narkhede and former president and CEO of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi Made it to Forbes list of ‘America’s Richest Self-Made Women’.
“He has a cumulative net worth of a record US$124 billion, up nearly 12 percent from a year ago,” said Forbes, releasing its ninth annual list last month.
Ullal, who is ranked 15th in the list, has a net worth of US$2.4 billion. She has been the chairwoman and CEO of publicly traded Arista Networks since 2008 and holds approximately 2.4 percent of its stock. Arista projects revenue of approximately US$4.4 billion in 2022.
He is also on the board of directors of Snowflake. cloud computing Company that went public in September 2020.
The 62-year-old studied electrical engineering at San Francisco State University and engineering management at Santa Clara University.
Ranked 25 on the list, 68-year-old Sethi has a net worth of USD 990 million.
Syntel, co-founded in 1980 by Sethi and her husband Bharat Desai, was bought by French IT firm Atos SE in October 2018 for US$3.4 billion. Sethi received an estimated US$510 million for his stake.
He holds Bachelor of Arts/Science and Master of Business Administration degrees from Delhi University and Master of Science degree from Oakland University.
Narkhede, 38, is ranked 50th on the list with a net worth of USD 520 million.
As a LinkedIn software engineer, he helped develop Apache Kafka, an open-source messaging system to handle the networking site’s massive flow of data. In 2014, he and two LinkedIn colleagues went on to found Confluent, which helps organizations process large amounts of data on Apache Kafka.
Company with US$586 million (2022 revenue) to go public in June 2021 at a valuation of US$9.1 billion; Narkhede holds about 6 per cent stake, Forbes said.
In March 2023, Narkhede announced his new company, the fraud detection firm Oscillar, where he is the co-founder and CEO.
Nooyi, the former president and CEO of PepsiCo, retired in 2019 after working for the company for 24 years, half of which she spent at the top position. The 67-year-old has a net worth of US$350 million and is ranked 77th on the list.
As CEO, the 67-year-old thwarted an attempt to break up PepsiCo, nearly doubled sales and introduced healthier products and eco-friendly practices.
His fortune is made from the stock that he got while working at PepsiCo.
Nooyi joined Amazon’s board in 2019 and grew up in India. She earned her MBA from Yale before becoming one of the few female CEOs in Corporate America in 2006.
Dan Hendricks, co-founder of ABC Supply, tops the list for the sixth time in a row. ABC Supply is one of the largest wholesale distributors of roofing, siding and windows in the US. Forbes said the 76-year-old Hendrix has a net worth of US$15 billion.
To compile the net worth, Forbes evaluated individual assets, including stakes in public companies, using stock prices as of May 12, 2023, and private assets by consulting with outside experts and conservatively comparing them with public companies. Companies rated.