Jayshree Ullal, CEO and president, Arista Networks
Jayshree Ullal
Rank: 15
Wealth: $2.2 billion
Source: Computer networking
Age: 62
Residence: Saratoga, CA
The Silicon Valley engineer and Cisco veteran joined computer networking company Arista Networks as CEO in 2008 when the business had no sales. The now publicly traded company, which she still runs, recorded $4.4 billion in revenue in 2022, up 48 percent from the prior year, despite component shortages and supply chain challenges. Arista plans to launch a new suite of AI-based network services this year.Also read: Meet the celebrities on the Forbes list of America's most successful businesswomen
Neerja SethiÂ
Rank: 25
Wealth: $990 million
Source: IT consulting, outsourcing
Age: 68
Residence: Fisher Island, FL
Sethi and her husband, Bharat Desai, who met while working for IT firm Tata Consultancy Services, launched IT services firm Syntel in their Troy, Michigan, apartment in 1980. In 2018, they sold it to French IT firm Atos SE for $3.4 billion.Neha Narkhede, co-founder, Oscilar. Image: Erin Beach
Neha Narkhede
Rank: 50
Wealth: $520 million
Source: Software
Age: 38
Residence: Palo Alto, CA
The software engineer-turned-entrepreneur announced her new company—fraud detection firm Oscilar—in March. She co-founded the business with her husband in 2021, funding it with $20 million; she is CEO. She was previously co-founder and former chief technology officer of data-streaming software firm Confluent, which went public in 2021 at a splashy $9.1 billion valuation.Also read: Meet America's top 10 most successful businesswomen in 2023 Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo. Image: Paul Morigi/Getty Images
Indra Nooyi
Rank: 77
Wealth: $350 million
Source: Pepsi
Age: 67
Residence: Greenwich, CT
The first woman of colour and immigrant to run one of America’s 50 largest companies, she retired as PepsiCo’s CEO in 2018 and as chair in 2019 after a dozen years in those roles. Now a director of Amazon and health tech firm Philips, Nooyi joined scandal-plagued Deutsche Bank’s new Global Advisory Board last November.