Four Indian-origin biz leaders in 2023 Forbes' 100 richest self-made women list
Jayshree Ullal and Indra Nooyi are among four Indian-origin women who have made it to the Forbes list of America's 100 most successful self-made women, with a combined net worth of a $4.06 billion. Diane Hendricks, Cofounder, ABC Supply--one of the largest wholesale distributors of roofing, siding and windows in America-- with a $15 billion net worth, retained the top slot followed by musician Rihanna, having a net worth of $1.4 billion. This year's list has eight entrants, including television producer Shonda Rhimes and Insitro CEO Daphne Koller.
"Bolstered in part by a rebound in the stock market, they are cumulatively worth a record USD 124 billion, up nearly 12 per cent from a year ago," Forbes said last month at the release of its ninth annual list. Indo-American women in the list: Jayshree Ullal, president and CEO of computer networking firm Arista Networks. She featured 15th on the list, the highest among Indian-origin business leaders.
Her publicly-traded company, Arista Networks recorded revenue of nearly $4.4 billion in 2022. According to Forbes Ullal, has been president and CEO of Arista since 2008 owns about 2.4% of Arista's stocks. She is also on the board of directors of Snowflake, a cloud computing company that went public in September 2020.
Ullal studied electrical engineering at San Francisco State University and engineering management at Santa Clara University. Neerja Sethi, co-founder of IT consulting and outsourcing firm Syntel, ranked 25th among the America's 100 richest self-made women. She along with her husband Bharat Desai founded the Syntel in 1980. She is having net worth of $990 million.
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