Meet the women of Indian origin on Forbes' list of America's most successful businesswomen in 2023
Jayshree Ullal, Neerja Sethi, Neha Narkhede, and Indra Nooyi are the four women among 100 featured on the list
Jayshree Ullal, CEO and president, Arista Networks
Jayshree Ullal
- Rank: 15
- Wealth: $2.2 billion
- Source: Computer networking
- Age: 62
- Residence: Saratoga, CA
The Silicon Valley engineer and Cisco veteran joined computer networking company Arista Networks as CEO in 2008 when the business had no sales. The now publicly traded company, which she still runs, recorded $4.4 billion in revenue in 2022, up 48 percent from the prior year, despite component shortages and supply chain challenges. Arista plans to launch a new suite of AI-based network services this year.
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Neerja SethiÂ
- Rank: 25
- Wealth: $990 million
- Source: IT consulting, outsourcing
- Age: 68
- Residence: Fisher Island, FL
Sethi and her husband, Bharat Desai, who met while working for IT firm Tata Consultancy Services, launched IT services firm Syntel in their Troy, Michigan, apartment in 1980. In 2018, they sold it to French IT firm Atos SE for $3.4 billion.
Neha Narkhede, co-founder, Oscilar. Image: Erin Beach
Neha Narkhede
- Rank: 50
- Wealth: $520 million
- Source: Software
- Age: 38
- Residence: Palo Alto, CA
The software engineer-turned-entrepreneur announced her new company—fraud detection firm Oscilar—in March. She co-founded the business with her husband in 2021, funding it with $20 million; she is CEO. She was previously co-founder and former chief technology officer of data-streaming software firm Confluent, which went public in 2021 at a splashy $9.1 billion valuation.
