Neha Narkhede is an Indian American technology entrepreneur

Narkhede was raised in Pune, Maharashtra

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She did Bachelor of Science in engineering from University of Pune & masters in technology from Georgia Tech

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Narkhede started her first job at Oracle as a principal software engineer

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In 2014 she founded Confluent, a Palo Alto based startup, along with Rao and Kreps Confluent is a B2B infrastructure company

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In 2020, she was listed as one of America’s Self-Made Women by Forbes

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Richard Branson acted as a mentor to Blakely

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