Indian-origin billionaire Jayshree Ullal tops Hurun India Rich List 2025

In a standout moment on the global wealth stage this year, Jayshree Ullal, an Indian-origin billionaire and longtime tech leader, has emerged at the top of the Hurun India Rich List 2025, beating some of the most prominent names in global technology.

Ullal’s achievement is drawing attention not just for her wealth, but for what it says about leadership in the tech world today.

Ullal, who serves as President and CEO of Arista Networks, is now recognised as the richest Indian-origin professional manager globally, ahead of executives like Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Google’s Sundar Pichai.

According to the
Hurun report, her net worth stands at Rs 50,170 crore, putting her well ahead of her Silicon Valley contemporaries.

From London to Silicon Valley

Born in London and raised partly in New Delhi, Ullal’s journey began far from the executive boardrooms of Silicon Valley. She studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering in the United States and later earned a master’s in Engineering Management.

Before joining Arista Networks in 2008, her resume included roles at tech giants like Cisco Systems, Advanced Micro Devices and Fairchild Semiconductor.

Under her leadership, Arista has become a major force in cloud networking, designing high-performance networking solutions for large data centres, cloud providers and enterprise environments.

In 2024, the company reported around $7 billion in revenue, an almost 20 per cent increase from the previous year.

Ullal’s rise to the top of the Hurun list marks a shift in how Indian-origin executives are recognised on the world stage. Despite the high profiles of other leaders like Nadella and Pichai, it’s Ullal’s combination of long-term leadership, strategic vision and direct ownership in her company—she holds roughly 3 per cent of Arista’s stock—that has pushed her to the top.