Women are no less than men they are making their names in every vertical and proving their capabilities in recent times. Business & Corporate sector is one of the fields where women are proving themselves and performing better than men. In this article, we will bring you the most successful women entrepreneurs who have Telugu roots and made their names in Silicon Valley and standing as perfect role models to younger generations who want to create their own destinies in the business world.
Krithiga Reddy- Venture Partner SoftBank Investment Advisors
Krithiga Reddy born in Telugu family at Chennai in the year 1971. She completed her Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering from MGM Engineering College in Nanded. Later her family moved completely to Nagpur where she helped Yashwant Kanetkar with programming examples in writing his books on C-Programming and C++. Then she moved to the United States and completed her is Master's in Business Administration from Stanford University and Masters in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University.
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Krithiga Reddy worked with many well known established companies like Silicon Graphics and Motorola. In the year 2008, she moved to India to work with the U.S based Pheonix Technologies. In the year 2010, she joined Facebook as its first Facebook employee in India and became its Managing Director for the South Asia Region. She left Facebook India in the year 2016 and went on to work from Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park.In the year 2018 Japanese firm Softbank Investment Advisors hired her as their Venture Partner to manage 100 billion visionary funds in Silicon Valey
Check out her Linkedin profile here
Vani Kola- Kalaari Capital
She is a venture capitalist who is the founder and managing director of Kalaari Capital. Vani Kola comes from Hyderabad she completed her bachelor degree in electrical engineering from Osmania University and later went to Arizona State University to complete her Master of Science
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Vani Kola was in Silicon Valley for more than 22 years where she founded companies like RightWorks and Certus Software. In 2006 she came back to India and started her first venture capital firm IndoUS Venture Partners later it was rebranded as Kalaari Capital in the year 2011.
Today Kalaari Capital is one of the top venture capital firms which funded many successful startups including Myntra, Snapdeal, UrbanLadder, InstaMojo, Dream11 and etc. She operates Kalaari Capital from Bengaluru.
Check out her Linkedin profile here
Padma Sree Warrior- CEO NIO U.S
Yellipeddi Padma Sree Warrior born and brought up in Vijayawada a city in Andhra Pradesh. She completed her schooling from Children's Montessori School and post-secondary education from Maris Stella College Vijayawada and later she received bachelors in chemical engineering from I.I.T Delhi in 1982. She also holds a masters in chemical engineering from Cornell University.
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In the year 1984, she joined Motorola where she worked for more than 23 years and served the company in many roles. She also named as CTO of Motorola in the year 2003. During her tenure as CTO in the year, 2004 Motorola received National Medal for the Technology from the president of United States.
In December 2004 she left Motorola to become CTO of Cisco. At one stage she was on a race to become the CEO of Twitter when Jack Dorsey decided to quit as CEO of Twitter in 2015. In the year 2018, she quit Cisco to become CEO of NIO ( Chinese Automobile Company).
Check out her Linkedin profile here
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These are the few success stories of Telugu woman in Silicon Valley hope you all got some inspiration from their success stories. Do mention your thoughts in the comment section
Krithiga Reddy- Venture Partner SoftBank Investment Advisors
Krithiga Reddy born in Telugu family at Chennai in the year 1971. She completed her Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering from MGM Engineering College in Nanded. Later her family moved completely to Nagpur where she helped Yashwant Kanetkar with programming examples in writing his books on C-Programming and C++. Then she moved to the United States and completed her is Master's in Business Administration from Stanford University and Masters in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University.
Krithiga Reddy worked with many well known established companies like Silicon Graphics and Motorola. In the year 2008, she moved to India to work with the U.S based Pheonix Technologies. In the year 2010, she joined Facebook as its first Facebook employee in India and became its Managing Director for the South Asia Region. She left Facebook India in the year 2016 and went on to work from Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park.In the year 2018 Japanese firm Softbank Investment Advisors hired her as their Venture Partner to manage 100 billion visionary funds in Silicon Valey
Check out her Linkedin profile here
Vani Kola- Kalaari Capital
She is a venture capitalist who is the founder and managing director of Kalaari Capital. Vani Kola comes from Hyderabad she completed her bachelor degree in electrical engineering from Osmania University and later went to Arizona State University to complete her Master of Science
Vani Kola was in Silicon Valley for more than 22 years where she founded companies like RightWorks and Certus Software. In 2006 she came back to India and started her first venture capital firm IndoUS Venture Partners later it was rebranded as Kalaari Capital in the year 2011.
Today Kalaari Capital is one of the top venture capital firms which funded many successful startups including Myntra, Snapdeal, UrbanLadder, InstaMojo, Dream11 and etc. She operates Kalaari Capital from Bengaluru.
Check out her Linkedin profile here
Padma Sree Warrior- CEO NIO U.S
Yellipeddi Padma Sree Warrior born and brought up in Vijayawada a city in Andhra Pradesh. She completed her schooling from Children's Montessori School and post-secondary education from Maris Stella College Vijayawada and later she received bachelors in chemical engineering from I.I.T Delhi in 1982. She also holds a masters in chemical engineering from Cornell University.
In the year 1984, she joined Motorola where she worked for more than 23 years and served the company in many roles. She also named as CTO of Motorola in the year 2003. During her tenure as CTO in the year, 2004 Motorola received National Medal for the Technology from the president of United States.
In December 2004 she left Motorola to become CTO of Cisco. At one stage she was on a race to become the CEO of Twitter when Jack Dorsey decided to quit as CEO of Twitter in 2015. In the year 2018, she quit Cisco to become CEO of NIO ( Chinese Automobile Company).
Check out her Linkedin profile here
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These are the few success stories of Telugu woman in Silicon Valley hope you all got some inspiration from their success stories. Do mention your thoughts in the comment section
