Rags to Riches

Aniljyothi Reddy, a Warrangal orphan from South India at last became a millionaire on the software world with her keys software solutions.

Born into poor family, Jyothi and her sister grew up in an orphanage after her father lost his job as a teacher, her parents decided to keep their son at home and leave their two daughters in an orphanage. At the age of 16 she was married off and by 18 she had two daughters. She used to work in the fields or 8 hours for a mere 5 pence (Rs 5). She even tried unsuccessfully to commit suicide by taking a leap into a deep well.

Starting her career as a teacher at Nehru Yuva Kendra. She worked during the day and stitched petticoats at night to earn more. She learnt typing and completed her post graduation from Dr BR Ambedkar Open University on weekedds. she soon changed jobs, working extra time selling sarees on the trains she travelled and by coincidence she ran into a relative who was in the US at that time. From now on she had the midas touch and fortune favoured her. She initially started working in gas stations and cleaning bathrooms in motels, laodinb and unloading and babysitting. She was offered a job by an Indian visiting the New Jersey cassette shop, in a recruiting firm in South Carolina with free accommodation. She started studying computers and soon made her way to the US where she launched her own consultancy and recruiting company in Phoenix, Arizona, sponsors of H1 visa and supplies manpower, with a $5m turnover and is among the millionaires of US today .

Her years in orphanage taught her to learn reality of life fast.