From orphanage to CEO: Meet woman who earned Rs 5 daily, now runs...

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.