Neeta Jain — The Woman Driving Precision Healthcare

Forbes August 26, 2020
Roger Trapp

Anybody with even a slight knowledge of the technology industry knows that its upper reaches are hardly teaming with women. There have, of course, been a few female chief executives, such as Meg Whitman, who heads streaming platform Quibi and previously ran Hewlett-Packard and eBay, and Marissa Mayer, former head of Yahoo. And there is Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer at Facebook, who is arguably better known for her book Lean In and related efforts to promote women in business than for her role at the social media company.

All have, like women in business everywhere, had to overcome prejudice and other obstacles to achieve their success. But few have faced the challenges that confronted Neeta Jain, chief technology officer...