I dropped out of high school at 16 to become a Buddhist monk. Now I run a startup taking on Accenture.

Lilly Chen, founder and CEO of FSH Technologies, just raised $25 million in funding. Outlier Partners 30-year-old Lilly Chen is the founder of FSH Technologies, which recently raised $25 million. FSH Technologies competes with firms like Accenture to help modernize government technology systems. Chen spent two years as a Buddhist monk, which she said taught her valuable leadership lessons. This is a conversation with Lilly Chen, the 30-year-old founder and CEO of FSH Technologies. It has been edited and condensed for clarity. When I was 16, I dropped out of high school and became a Buddhist monk . At the time, I was really sick. I had been diagnosed with Graves' disease, an autoimmune disorder , and my family was on public health insurance. I didn't have good access to preventive healthcare, We went through that cycle two or three times.