Neerja Sethi
$1.01B
as of 01/25/25
About Neerja Sethi
Neerja Sethi cofounded IT consulting and outsourcing firm Syntel with her husband Bharat Desai in 1980 in their apartment in Troy, Michigan.
French IT firm Atos SE bought Syntel for $3.4 billion in 2018. Sethi got an estimated $510 million for her stake.
Sethi, who had served as an executive at Syntel since 1980, did not join Atos after the acquisition.
Sethi met her husband in the U.S. while working for pioneering IT firm Tata Consultancy Services, which they attempted to emulate.
The couple started the business with an initial investment of just $2,000.
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Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
IT consulting, outsourcingResidence
Fisher Island, FloridaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
01/16/55 (age 70)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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Sethi holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics, a masters degree in computer science and an MBA in operations research.
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