“Your ability will get you the job, but you also need to have age on your side. So if you started your career at 21, you have an advantage over others in your batch who started at, say, 24.”

Indian business leader and retired banker

Arundhati Bhattacharya is an Indian business leader and retired banker, known for leading Salesforce India and for having served as Chairperson of the State Bank of India. She was the first woman to hold that post. Her career has been marked by senior leadership in banking and business. In 2016, Forbes ranked her 25th among the world’s most powerful women. Fortune also listed her among the world’s greatest leaders, where she was the only Indian corporate leader included and was ranked 26th.