Jayshree Ullal (American Businesswoman) Biography

Quick Info

Profession	Businesswoman
Nationality	American
Date of Birth	27/03/1961
Age	65 years
Birthplace	London

Latest News about Jayshree Ullal

2026

Forbes ranked Jayshree Ullal No. 7 on its 2026 America's Richest Self-Made Women list with an estimated net worth of $6.8 billion. This ranking underscores her two-decade career transforming Arista Networks from a startup with fewer than 50 employees into one of Silicon Valley's most successful networking companies, while highlighting her leadership in cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

28/12/2025

Jayshree Ullal was named the richest self-made woman entrepreneur of Indian origin in the Hurun India Rich List 2025, surpassing tech giants Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella. Her net worth reached approximately Rs 50,170 crore (about $5.7 billion), making her the wealthiest Indian professional manager globally and the highest-placed Indian-origin woman on America's Richest Self-Made Women list.

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Bio/Wiki

Full Name	Jayshree Vedantham Ullal
Other Name(s)	Jayshree G Ullal J Ullal G Ullal V Ullal Jayshree V. Ullal
Famous for	Being a self-made Billionaire and the richest Indian-origin self-made woman entrepreneur globally

Physical Stats & More

Height	170 cm
Weight	60 kg
Eye Color	Light Brown
Hair Color	Black

Educational Qualification(s)

College/University	San Francisco State University Santa Clara University
Degree(s)	Bachelor's degree in Electrical engineering Master's degree in Engineering Management
School	Convent of Jesus and Mary School, New Delhi

Relationships & More

Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	15/05

Family

Husband

Vijay Ullal (Businessman)

Children

Adeeti Ullal
Tarini Ullal

Parents

Mother	Nirmala Vedantham
Father	Sudarajan Vedantham (Physicist)

Siblings

Susie Nagpal (Died of Lung Cancer in 2010)

Career

Awards, Honours, Achievements	E&Y’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2015 One of Fortune’s “Top 20 Business persons” in 2019 SFSU Alumni Awards in 2013 SCU Alumni Awards in 2016 A Top Ten Executive in VMWorld 2011 A Women of Influence award for Security CSOs in 2008 Nominated as one of the 20 powerful Women to Watch by Newsweek in 2001 Innovator and Influencer Award by Information Week in 2001 First woman to be awarded the Entrepreneurial and Leadership award, sponsored by Silicon India, in 1999 Recipient of the 2013 Santa Clara University School of Engineering World's Best CEOs: Growth Leaders 2018 Named to Barron's “World's Best CEOs” list in 2018 and 2019 18 on Fortune's Businessperson of the Year for 2019 list 7th on Forbes' 2026 America's Richest Self-Made Women list with a net worth of $6.8 billion 8th spot on America's richest self-made women list for the year 2025
Career Timeline	Started career at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Fairchild Semiconductor in engineering and strategy positions Director of internetworking products at Ungermann-Bass for four years Vice President of Marketing at Crescendo Communications; company acquired by Cisco Systems in 1993 Joined Cisco Systems in 1993, rose to Senior Vice President of Data Center & Switching, oversaw 20 mergers and acquisitions Joined Arista Networks as President and CEO in 2008 Serves on the board of directors of Snowflake Led Arista Networks to an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ANET in June 2014 Transformed Arista Networks from a startup with no revenue into one of Silicon Valley's most successful networking companies

Awards, Honours, Achievements

E&Y’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2015
One of Fortune’s “Top 20 Business persons” in 2019
SFSU Alumni Awards in 2013
SCU Alumni Awards in 2016
A Top Ten Executive in VMWorld 2011
A Women of Influence award for Security CSOs in 2008
Nominated as one of the 20 powerful Women to Watch by Newsweek in 2001
Innovator and Influencer Award by Information Week in 2001
First woman to be awarded the Entrepreneurial and Leadership award, sponsored by Silicon India, in 1999
Recipient of the 2013 Santa Clara University School of Engineering
World's Best CEOs: Growth Leaders 2018
Named to Barron's “World's Best CEOs” list in 2018 and 2019
18 on Fortune's Businessperson of the Year for 2019 list
7th on Forbes' 2026 America's Richest Self-Made Women list with a net worth of $6.8 billion
8th spot on America's richest self-made women list for the year 2025

Career Timeline

Started career at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Fairchild Semiconductor in engineering and strategy positions
Director of internetworking products at Ungermann-Bass for four years
Vice President of Marketing at Crescendo Communications; company acquired by Cisco Systems in 1993
Joined Cisco Systems in 1993, rose to Senior Vice President of Data Center & Switching, oversaw 20 mergers and acquisitions
Joined Arista Networks as President and CEO in 2008
Serves on the board of directors of Snowflake
Led Arista Networks to an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ANET in June 2014
Transformed Arista Networks from a startup with no revenue into one of Silicon Valley's most successful networking companies

Social Media

LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayshree-ullal-b22342138

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Jayshree Ullal leads Arista Networks as President and CEO.
2. Her career began in a semiconductor company before transitioning to Cisco Systems.
3. Under her leadership, Arista Networks became a global powerhouse in networking technology.
4. Recognized by Forbes as one of the top five industry influencers.
5. Established the SITA Foundation for Women in memory of her sister, Susie, who lost her life to lung cancer.
6. Listed among the 72 self-made female billionaires across the globe.
7. Showcased a duet performance of “Zoobie Doobie” with Vijay Ullal at Saratoga’s Got Talent.
8. Lives in Saratoga, California with husband Vijay Ullal.
9. Surpassed Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella to become the wealthiest Indian-origin executive globally in 2025
10. Owns nearly 3% of Arista Networks’ shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange

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