Five Indian Americans in Forbes richest 400

Bharat Desai

Five Indian-Americans headed by Bharat Desai at no. 239, figure in the Forbes magazine's annual list of the richest people in America. Bill Gates retains the top spot with $66 billion, up $7 billion from 2011.

(Source: Forbes 400/The Richest people in America)

Bharat Desai

Net worth = $2 bn

Kenya-born Bharat Desai (No. 239) started as a programmer for Tata Consultancy Services, only to leave the company four years later to start Syntel with his wife.

Photo:Syntel website

Romesh T. Wadhwani

Net worth = $1.9 bn

Wadhwani (No. 250) landed in the US with only a few dollars in his pocket and later developed business software firm Aspect Development. Today his portfolio includes more than 10 different enterprise software companies.Photo:Symphony Technology website

Romesh T. Wadhwani

Kavitark Ram Shriram

Net worth = $1.6 billion

Kavitark Ram Shriram (No. 298), Managing Partner, Sherpalo Ventures, was one of the first people to write a check to Google cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page in 1998.

Photo:Sherpalo Ventures website

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