From orphanage to CEO: Meet woman who earned Rs 5 daily, now runs...
india-untold Jun 13 2024
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Meet Jyothi Reddy
Jyothi Reddy is the CEO of Key Software Solutions, Inc. Her journey from poverty to running a multimillion-dollar company is truly inspiring and reflects her hard work.
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Early life
Jyothi was born in Telangana to a family of daily-wage laborers. Her father sent her to an orphanage due to money issues. She studied at govt school and was married off at 16.
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Struggles
By age 18, she was the mother of two daughters. She used to work in fields for Rs. 5 per day. She started teaching under a central government scheme, which changed her life.
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Education
To improve her financial situation, Jyothi earned a BA degree from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University along with a postgraduate degree from Kakatiya University in 1997.
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Moving abroad
This was not enough to support a family. After relative's advice, she took a computer course and moved to the USA, where she did many odd jobs to survive and saved $40,000 by 2021.
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Starting her business
With the saved capital, Jyothi established Key Software Solutions, a software development company that is now worth over Rs 125 crore.