Sonu Ratra, Co-Founder of Akraya and Founder of Women Back to Work, is on the Silicon Valley Business Journal's Power 100 list

Sonu Ratra

President and co-founder, Akraya Inc. 

Sonu Ratra is honored to be named to the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s inaugural Power 100 list. In a very literal way, the Power 100 is just that: a list of the most powerful people working in Silicon Valley today – from the CEO’s of the 3 biggest companies in the valley to Executives from startups and mid-size firms making an impact.

As an entrepreneur with a charitable heart, Ratra has always been passionate about giving back to those in need and the community.  Ratra is a Co-Founder of Akraya, a Santa Clara-based multiple award-winning IT staffing firm Akraya with a core purpose to deliver 3X times karma for their customers, consultants, and employees while operating under the most basic of tenets: trust and transparency.  Inspired by the story of her parents and her desire to empower women in the workplace, she founded ‘Women Back to Work’, a social arm of Akraya with a mission to create systematic pathways to facilitate the re-entry of women into the workforce while enabling companies to hire exceptional and diverse talent. The program has a profound impact on the lives and careers of women.

Ratra serves as Chairwoman of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s Foundation to make a measurable impact in the community and help lead the efforts to make the Silicon Valley Turkey Trot the largest Thanksgiving race in the nation.

To learn more about the Power 100 List, follow this link: Silicon Valley Business Journals names Power 100 for 2023 - Silicon Valley Business Journal (bizjournals.com)