Ritu Narayan is the founder and CEO of Zum, a technology company modernizing school transportation and the energy grid to make them both more sustainable.

An accomplished entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience as a tech industry leader, Narayan was recognized on CNBC’s 2024 Changemakers: Women Transforming Business list. She has been named one of the Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs of 2023 by Goldman Sachs, Inc.’s Top 100 Female Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneur’s 100 Women of Influence, and she received the 2023 Power of Women Award from GSV ASU, among other accolades. Before Zum, Narayan led teams at Oracle, Yahoo, IBM and eBay.

A graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Narayan earned her undergraduate degree in computer science at the Delhi Institute of Technology.

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