Neerja Sethi
$1.0B
Born
Jan 16, 1955
Age
70
Source of Wealth
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
- 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.
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