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23. NEERJA SETHI
    $1 billion
    AGE: 64 RESIDENCE: Fisher
    Island, Florida
    SELF-MADE SCORE: 8
    Syntel, the IT consulting and
    outsourcing company Sethi
    started with her husband,
    Bharat Desai, was acquired
    by French IT firm Atos SE
    for $3.4 billion in October


24. She got an estimated
    $510 million in cash for her
    stake. Sethi had served as an
    executive at Syntel since she
    and her husband founded
    the business in their Troy,
    Michigan, apartment in 1980.
    She did not join Atos after
    the acquisition.


25. WEILI DAI
    $960 million
    AGE: 57 RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
    SELF-MADE SCORE: 8
    Dai and her husband, Sehat
    Sutardja, have stayed mostly
    under the radar since they
    were forced out of their
    semiconductor company,
    Marvell Technology, in
    2016, due to allegations of
    accounting irregularities.
    (The investigation found no
    fraud.) The couple moved to
    Las Vegas a year later and
    began investing in real estate
    and technology, including
    sensor company NextInput.


26. CHRISTEL
    DEHAAN
    $950 million
    AGE: 76
    RESIDENCE: Indianapolis
    SELF-MADE SCORE: 8
    DeHaan’s fortune mostly
    comes from the estimated
    $550 million she got when
    she sold time-share pioneer
    Resort Condominiums Inter-
    national, which she cofound-
    ed with her ex-husband Jon,
    in 1996. DeHaan, who has
    since largely focused on her
    charity, Christel House, re-
    tired as its CEO last fall but
    is still board chair.