Neha Narkhede: Indian-origin, self-made entrepreneur with whopping net worth of Rs 4,700 crore
According to IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2022, she has been recognised as the "youngest self-made woman entrepreneur" on the list.
Women are thriving as business owners in every industry, from large corporations to cutting-edge start-ups. One such example of a woman succeeding in business is Neha Narkhede. According to IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2022, she has been recognised as the "youngest self-made woman entrepreneur" on the list.
According to Forbes, Indian-American Neha Narkhede has earlier been listed on lists such as The World's Top 50 Women in Tech (2018) and America's Self-Made Women (2022).
Neha, who was raised in Pune, completed her education at Georgia Tech, the University of Pune, and the Pune Institute of Computer Technology. Narkhede co-founded the global streaming technology Apache Kafka and has an estimated net worth of Rs 4,700 crore, ranking 336 on the Hurun India Rich List.
She also co-founded the cloud computing company Confluent and formerly held the position of Chief Technical Officer there (CTO). She is presently a Palo Alto, California resident. Her LinkedIn profile states that she has been a free-lance digital entrepreneur, investor, and advisor since March 2020.
Prior to that, she held positions at Oracle and LinkedIn. Forbes reports that Narkhede and two colleagues left LinkedIn in 2014 to co-found Confluent, a company that helps companies manage enormous volumes of data using Apache Kafka. She joined the Confluent board in January 2020.
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