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Indian-American couple, who started firm with $2K, makes $2 bn on its sale

Bharat Desai and Neerja Sethi co-founded Syntel in 1980 in their apartment in Troy, Michigan

Indian-American couple sell firm, started with $2,000 investment, for $2 bn
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BS Web Team New Delhi
An Indian-American couple has raked in big bucks, with French IT outsourcing major Atos's acquisition of Michigan-based Syntel for $3.4 billion.  

Since Bharat Desai and Neerja Sethi together held a 57 per cent stake in Syntel, they have received nearly $2 billion from the sale of their company to the French information technology services group, the Times of India reported on Tuesday.  

Sethi, 63, was serving as the vice-president of Syntel, while Desai, 65, was the co-chairman of the company.   

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