Forbes recently unveiled its 2023 list of the wealthiest Americans, which features five Indian American billionaires. According to Forbes, the collective wealth of the richest individuals in the United States has grown by $500 billion compared to the previous year.
Among the Indian Americans highlighted is Jay Chaudhry, who holds the 89th position with a net worth of $9.2 billion. Chaudhry is the CEO of Zscaler, a cybersecurity company he founded in 2008, leading it to a successful initial public offering in March 2018. Prior to Zscaler, he founded and managed four other tech firms, all of which were eventually acquired. His journey from a small Himalayan village to the United States in 1980 led to his pursuit of graduate studies.
Vinod Khosla, ranked 161 with a net worth of $6.5 billion, is the founder of Khosla Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm specializing in cutting-edge technologies. Khosla played a pivotal role in establishing Sun Microsystems in 1982.
Romesh T Wadhwani, ranked 215, boasts a net worth of $5.1 billion and serves as the chairman of Symphony AI, an enterprise AI firm he founded in 2017. He also chairs ConcertAI, an AI company in the healthcare and life sciences sector, leveraging his educational background from prestigious institutions and his PhD in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon.
Rajiv Jain, with a net worth of $3.1 billion, holds the 366th position on the Forbes list. Originally from India, he is the founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of GQG Partners, an asset management firm based in Fort Lauderdale. Jain co-founded GQG alongside CEO Tim Carver in 2016 and pursued an MBA at the University of Miami after arriving in the United States in the early 1990s.
Aneel Bhusri, CEO of business software firm Workday, secures the 379th spot on the list with a net worth of $2.6 billion. Additionally, he serves as an advisory partner at Greylock Partners, a venture capital firm, and has been a consistent member of the Forbes Midas List since 2008. Bhusri’s educational journey includes studying electrical engineering at Brown University and earning an MBA from Stanford. In May 2018, he joined the Giving Pledge, a commitment by the world’s wealthiest individuals to allocate a significant portion of their wealth to philanthropic causes.
