Revathi Advaithi

Revathi Advaithi
Born (1967-10-18) October 18, 1967 (age 57)
India
EducationBirla Institute of Technology and Science (BS)
Thunderbird School of Global Management (MBA)
TitleCEO of Flex
TermFebruary 2019 – present
PredecessorMike McNamara

Revathi Advaithi is an Indian-born American business executive. She is the CEO of Flex (formerly Flextronics) and an advocate for women in STEM[1] and in the workplace.

Prior to joining Flex in 2019, Advaithi worked in various leadership positions at Eaton and Honeywell.[2]

Advaithi is a co-chair of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Advanced Manufacturing CEO Community (2022) and has joined the WEF Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders (2021).

She currently serves as an independent director on the Board of Directors of Uber[3] and Catalyst.org.[4] She is also a member of the MIT Presidential CEO Advisory Board. She was named to Fortune’s Most Powerful Women list in 2019, 2020,[5] 2021,[6] 2022,[7] and 2023.[8]

  1. ^ Tellis, Shannon (September 25, 2019). "Revathi Advaithi, only Indian-origin CEO on Most Powerful Women in Biz list, is a BITS Pilani alum, advocates STEM education for girls". The Economic Times.
  2. ^ "This Fortune 500 CEO Is Obsessed With Gender Parity—But She Still Hasn't Achieved It. Here's Why". Time. March 5, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  3. ^ Loizos, Connie (July 2, 2020). "Uber adds another director to its board Flex CEO Revathi Advaithi". Tech Crunch.
  4. ^ Stych, Anne. "Working women's advocacy group Catalyst adds UPS CEO Carol Tome, five others to board". The Business Journals.
  5. ^ "Most Powerful Women". Fortune.
  6. ^ "Most Powerful Women". Fortune.
  7. ^ "Most Powerful Women". Fortune.
  8. ^ "The 100 Most Powerful Women". Fortune. Retrieved October 6, 2023.