Two Indian-origin women have featured on the Forbes’
annual list of America’s 60 wealthiest and most successful self-made women
entrepreneurs, who have “crashed ceilings through invention and innovation”.
India-born Neerja Sethi, 61, who co-founded IT consulting and outsourcing
firm Syntel with her husband Bharat Desai, is ranked 16th on ‘America’s Richest
Self-made Women’ list, while president and CEO of Arista Networks Jayshree
Ullal, 55 is ranked 30th.
According to Forbes, the richest self-made woman
in America is Diane Hendricks, the owner of ABC Supply, the largest wholesale
distributor of roofing and siding in the country. Hendricks is now worth $4.9
billion, $1.2 billion more than last year when she was ranked second.
The second annual tally of America’s wealthiest, most
successful self-made women includes 60 trailblazers, ten more than last year.
The 60 women, who are worth a combined $53 billion, have
created some of the nation’s best-known brands such as Gap and Spanx, while a
number of them have also helped build some of the most successful companies in
tech, including Facebook, eBay and Google.
Sethi has a net worth of $1.1 billion. Her company
employs more than 25,000 people and boasts a recent market cap of $3.6 billion.
She is currently the vice-president of corporate affairs,
a role she has had since the company’s inception. She also sits on the board of
directors alongside her husband, who remains the chairman.
Born in London, raised in New Delhi, Ullal has a net
worth of $470 million. She became president and CEO of Arista Networks in 2008,
when it had no revenues and fewer than 50 employees. The company reported $838
million in revenue in 2015, after going public in June 2014.
Arista co-founder David Cheriton, “She took slightly more
than an engineering team doing some good technology, and turned it into the
thriving network switch company it is today.” Other names on the list include
TV empress Oprah Winfrey, who moved up three spots to number two.
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