1. Revathi Advaithi is the CEO of Flex and an advocate for women in STEM and in the workplace.
26 Facts About Revathi Advaithi
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Revathi Advaithi is a co-chair of the World Economic Forum Advanced Manufacturing CEO Community and has joined the WEF Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders.
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Revathi Advaithi currently serves as an independent director on the Board of Directors of Uber and Catalyst.
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Revathi Advaithi is a member of the MIT Presidential CEO Advisory Board.
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Revathi Advaithi was named to Fortune's Most Powerful Women list in 2019,2020,2021,2022, and 2023.
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Revathi Advaithi graduated with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in 1990, and earned an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in 2005.
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Revathi Advaithi began her career as a shop floor supervisor at Eaton in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
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Revathi Advaithi joined Honeywell in 2002, where she spent six years in functions spanning manufacturing and supply chain.
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In 2008, Revathi Advaithi returned to Eaton and helped run various groups within the electrical business unit for 10 years before becoming Eaton's COO.
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In February 2019, Revathi Advaithi joined Flex as CEO with a focus on driving the next era of technology, manufacturing and supply chain.
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Under Revathi Advaithi, Flex has shifted its focus to end-to-end customer value chain ownership, augmenting its core contract manufacturing business.
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Revathi Advaithi has shared that her business philosophy heavily focuses on sustainability, culture, and diversity and inclusion.
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Revathi Advaithi frequently provides industry guidance for the manufacturing and supply chain sectors.
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Revathi Advaithi is heavily focused on driving sustainable manufacturing practices at Flex.
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Revathi Advaithi served on the board of BAE Systems between January 2019 - July 2020.
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Revathi Advaithi is a member of the Business Roundtable, and Catalyst CEO Champions For Change initiative.
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Revathi Advaithi was selected to the inaugural CNBC Changemakers: Women Transforming Business list in 2024.
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In 2019,2020,2021,2022 and 2023, Revathi Advaithi was named to Fortune's Most Powerful Women list, one of the few Indian-born CEOs recognized.
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In 2021, Revathi Advaithi became a member of World Economic Forum's Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders, a coalition of business leaders across key sectors committed to driving positive climate action and sustainable economic growth.
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Revathi Advaithi has spoken at the Fortune's Global Forum and Most Powerful Women conferences, the Collision Conference, Ethisphere's Global Ethics Summit, the WSJ CEO Council Summit, Harvard Business School panels, Women Executive 50 Summit and Catalyst conferences and Carnegie Mellon University events.
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Under Revathi Advaithi, Flex was named one of the World's Most Admired and Most Ethical Companies, and recognized on the Global 500 by Fortune.
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Revathi Advaithi's family lived in Bihar, Gujarat, Assam before finally settling in Chennai, India.
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Revathi Advaithi met her husband Jeevan Mulgund in Hutchinson, KS and they married in 1998.
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Mulgund and Revathi Advaithi have since lived in England, Shanghai, Phoenix, AZ, Pittsburgh, PA, and they are currently residing in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Revathi Advaithi is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion in the workforce, as well as STEM education for girls and computer science education.
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In past interviews, Revathi Advaithi often says that she is inspired by her mother, who singlehandedly raised five daughters after her husband's death and ensured that they received good educations.