Meet the Lotus Leaders
Lotus Leadership is built on the wisdom of 30+ extraordinary women—CEOs, founders, board members, investors, academics, and social impact leaders. They shared their stories, their struggles, and the cultural wisdom that helped them rise.
Get to know them—not through their titles, but through what makes them human.
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Anima Anandkumar
Professor of Computing at the California Institute of Technology.
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Anshu Bhardwaj
Senior Vice President, Engineering, Paypal, digital payment platform.
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Anu Bharadwaj
Former President of Atlassian, business software company.
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Aparna Bawa
Chief Operating Officer of Zoom, a communications technology company.
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Devika Patil
Managing Director of HSBC Innovation Banking.
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Geetha Murali
CEO of Room to Read, a global organization that nurtures children’s foundational learning.
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Indra Nooyi
Former CEO PepsiCo. Amazon board director.
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Isha Abdullah
Nephrologist and biotech entrepreneur, cofounder of Organ-I, a renal transplant diagnostics startup.
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Jenny Ming
CEO of Rothys, sustainable footwear and accessories leader. Levi Strauss board director.
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Lata Krishnan
Co-Founder of the American India Foundation, a non-profit driving social change in India.
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Meerah Rajavel
Chief Information Officer of cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks.
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Mythili Sankaran
Managing Partner of Neythri Futures Fund. Co-founder of Neythri.org, a South Asian women leadership network.
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Nandini Ramani
Vice President at Amazon Web Services.
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Priya Abani
CEO of AliveCor, a health tech company advancing patient-centric remote cardiological care.
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Priyamvada Natarajan
Professor of Astronomy and Physics and Current Chair of Astronomy at Yale University.
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Ray Mathoda
CEO of Anchor Loans, a national lender to real estate developers and builders.
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Reshma Saujani
Founder of Girls who Code and Moms First, non-profits promoting the advancement of girls and women.
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Revathi Advaithi
CEO of Flex, a multinational manufacturing company. Uber board director.
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Ritu Narayan
CEO and Co-Founder of Zūm, a company revolutionizing student transportation.
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Sarika Garg
CEO & Co-Founder of Cacheflow, business software startup acquired by HubSpot.
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Selina Tobaccowalla
CEO & Co-founder of Homeboost, home energy assessment provider.
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Shalini Govil-Pai
Vice President and General Manager of Google TV.
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Sheela Subramanian
Author & Motivational Speaker on Women’s Empowerment.
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Shernaz Daver
Former Chief Marketing Officer of Khosla Ventures, Silicon Valley venture capital firm.
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Sonoo Thadaney Israni
Executive Director of Presence + Program in Bedside Medicine at Stanford University, which champions the human experience in medicine.
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Srinija Srinivasan
Yahoo! Employee #5 and Co-founder of Jubilee College and musical marketplace Loove.
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Sruthi Ramaswami
Partner at Iconiq Capital, leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm.
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Sukhinder Singh Cassidy
CEO of Xero, accounting software company. Upstart board director.
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Sundari Mitra
CEO and Co-founder of Asato.ai, business software company.
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Sylvia Acevedo
Qualcomm board director.
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Vineeta Agarwala
Physician and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, leading venture capital firm.
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Yamini Rangan
CEO of HubSpot, a business software company. UC Berkeley Haas School of Business board director.