Neerja Sethi
$1.01B
as of 01/18/26
About Neerja Sethi
Neerja Sethi cofounded IT consulting and outsourcing firm Syntel with her husband Bharat Desai in 1980 and took it public in 1997.
French IT firm Atos SE bought Syntel for $3.4 billion in 2018. Sethi got an estimated $510 million for her stake.
Sethi served as an executive at Syntel from its founding until its sale in 2018.
Her husband Bharat Desai is also a billionaire; they met in the U.S. while working for IT firm Tata Consultancy Services.
The couple started Syntel in their apartment in Troy, Michigan with an initial investment of just $2,000.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
IT consultingResidence
Fisher Island, FloridaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
01/16/55 (age 71)Number of children
2Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Delhi University; Master of Business Administration, Delhi University; Master of Science, Oakland UniversitySelf-made
self-madeNeerja Sethi’s fortune is worth
17K
troy ounces of gold
15K
median U.S. household
10K
median U.S. income
0.02%
U.S. credit card volume
0.004%
GDP of the United States
0.003%
United States debt
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She and her husband joined the Giving Pledge, a commitment to give at least half their fortune to charitable causes, in May 2025.
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