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www.newsindiatimes.com – that’s all you need to know News India Times (May 30, 2026 - June 5, 2026) June 5, 2026 14 Special Report - Continued On Page 16 Fortune Magazine Names 7 Indians (6 In US) On Most Powerful Women List F ortune Magazine recently announced its list of 100 Most Powerful Women in the world. In the list are 7 women of Indian origin, of which 6 are based in the United States and 1 in India. This is the 29th year of the list which “high- lights the leaders commanding boardrooms, markets, and industries,” Fortune says. In its breakdown of the list, Fortune notes the 100 women lead 94 companies employing 11.8 million people, and generating $7.3 trillion in annual revenue. Women in the US domi- nate the list, followed far behind by mainland China with 9, France and UK with 6 each. The Indian women listed and ranked include – from the US – Reshma Kewalramani, 9th; Gunjan Kedia, 14th; Jayshree Ullal, 31st; Bela Bajaria, 35th; Meena Lakdavala-Flynn, 74th; and Revathi Advaithi, 75th. Roshni Nadar-Malhotra, 33rd is the only one from India. Kewalramani is the Chief Executive Officer and President at Vertex, a Fortune 500, global biotechnol- ogy company. She trained in internal medicine and nephrology before entering the biopharmaceutical industry, where she has dedicated her career to dis- covering and developing new medicines, her biogra- phy on the company website says. She joined Vertex in 2017, served as Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of GlobalMedicines Development and Medical Affairs, and became CEO in 2020. She has received numerous honors and awards for her leader- ship and contributions to science and innovation. Born in Mumbai, Kewalramani came to the US at the age of 11. Kedia is the chairman of the board and chief ex- ecutive officer of U.S. Bancorp, the fifth-largest com- mercial bank in the country. The company website notes she became CEO in April 2025 after serving as president since 2024. She was appointed chairman in 2026. She previously served as vice chair ofWealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking. Kedia has 30 years of financial services experience to her role. Before joining U.S. Bancorp in 2016, she led the investment servicing business in the Americas at State Street Financial and was a member of its Man- aging Committee. In 2004, Kedia joined Bank of New York Mellon, where she served as an executive vice president and head of global product management for its global asset servicing business. Previously, she was a partner at McKinsey & Co. and a core leader of its financial services practice. She began her career at PriceWaterhouse Coopers (PwC). Kedia serves on the boards of the American Red Cross, PBS and the Carnegie Mellon Business School. She has a bachelor’s degree with distinction in engi- neering from the Delhi School of Engineering and an MBA with distinction from Carnegie Mellon Univer- sity. Ullal is Founding CEO since 2008 and now Chair- person of Arista. She is responsible for Arista’s thought-leadership in modern AI, Cloud and enter- prise networking. She has led the company to a historic IPO in June 2014, and driven rapid growth, from zero to a multi- billion-dollar S&P 500 company with a $200+B market cap, the company website notes. Formerly, Ullal was Senior Vice President at Cisco, responsible for a $10B business in datacenter, switch- ing and services. With more than 40 years of network- ing and technology experience in the silicon valley, she is the recipient of numerous awards including E&Y’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2015, Barron’s “World’s Best CEOs” in 2018 and one of Fortune’s “Top 20 Business Persons” in 2019. She was awarded “Global Indian of the Year” by the Economic Times in 2023 and was named a “Silicon Valley Power 100” in the Silicon Valley Business Journal in 2023 and 2024. Bajaria joined Netflix in 2016 and rose to become Chief Content Officer in January 2023. She oversees the teams responsible for all Netflix content from around the world, the company says, including series ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Squid Game,’ ‘Wednesday,’ ‘Bridg- erton,’ ‘Heeramandi’ and ‘Lupin,’ and films including ‘Leave theWorld Behind,’ ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ and Oscar® winners ‘All Quiet on theWestern Front’ and ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.’ Bajaria led Netflix’s push into live events and sports with specials such as ‘Chris Rock: Selective Outrage,’ ‘The Roast of Tom Brady’ and multiyear deals with the NFL andWWE. Prior to Netflix, she was President of Universal Television. Bajaria serves on the board of The Coca-Cola Com- pany, the LA Board of Governors for the Paley Center, the board of LA’s Saban Community Clinic and the Board of Trustees for Meridian International Center. By a StaffWriter PHOTO:VRTX.COM PHOTO:LINKEDIN @BELA-BAJARIA PHOTO: IR.USBANK.COM PHOTO:LINKEDIN @JAYSHREE-ULLAL Reshma Kewalramani Bela Bajaria Gunjan Kedi Jayshree Ullal