Two Indian Americans in ‘America’s richest self-made women’

Wednesday 24th May 2017 05:50 EDT
 
 

Two Indian-American women have made it to Forbes' third annual 'America's Richest Self-Made Women' list. Jayshree Ullal, 56, who made number 21 on the list, was born in London, and raised in India, before she settled in California. She is currently the chief executive officer of computer networking firm Arista Networks, and had helped it go public in June 2014. She won the Ernst and Young US Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2015.

Florida-based Neerja Sethi, 62, is the vice-president of IT consulting and outsourcing company Syntel, a company she founded with her husband Bharat Desai in 1980. It began with an initial investment of $2,000 and made just $30,000 in first-year sales. Syntel now has $966 million in sales and over 23,000 employees across the globe, 80 per cent of whom are in India.

The list was topped by Marian Ilitch of Michigan, and featured others including Diane Hendricks, Judy Love, Oprah Winfrey, and Doris Fisher. Luisa Kroll, Forbes' assistant managing editor of wealth said, “These 60 entrepreneurs, innovators, and entertainers made their fortunes in everything from make-up and music to fashion, food, and finance. A number of them saw their fortunes increase as investors and corporate buyers rushed in.”


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