Rank #3040
Neerja Sethi
Net worth $1.2B
IT consulting · United States
- Born
- Jan 16, 1955
- Age
- 71
- Source
- IT consulting
- Residence
- Fisher Island, Florida
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Delhi University; Master of Business Administration, Delhi University; Master of Science, Oakland University
Net worth over time
Biography
- 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.
- Sethi holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics and a masters degree in computer science.
- She and her husband joined the Giving Pledge, a commitment to give at least half their fortune to charitable causes, in May 2025.