From the great Aryabhatta to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, India has been home to some of the most brilliant minds in world history. And
when it comes to doing business, Indians seem to be leading in that
field, too. Stalwarts like Mukesh Ambani, Ratan Tata, Anand Mahindra and
Laxmi Mittal have made our country a force to reckon with.Not just in India but across the globe, people of our country have risen against all odds.
So here we look at the top CEOs of Indian origin in the world:
1. Arvind Krishna - CEO, IBM Group :
An alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Arvind Krishna has been with IBM for over two decades. After
completing his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Krishna's sheer brilliance got him the
recognition he thoroughly deserved.He replaced Virginia Rometty as the next CEO of the IBM Group.
2. Sundar Pichai - CEO, Google LLC & Alphabet INC :
Pichai Sundararajan, an Indian American business executive, started his
career with Google in 2004. The now promoted CEO of Alphabet, after the
stepping down of Larry Page and Sergey Brin, had initially joined as a
management executive. Born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu - the now 47 year old - is a prestigious
alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Stanford
University, California.
3. Satya Nadella - CEO, Microsoft :
Once responsible for building and running Microsoft's
computing platforms, Hyderabad-born Satya Nadella has been the CEO
since 2014. After completing his bachelor's degree in Computer
Engineering from Hyderabad, Nadella went on to do an M.S in Computer
Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Born into a humble Telugu family, Satya Nadella worked at Sun Microsystems before shifting gears at Microsoft.
4. Shantanu Narayen - CEO, Adobe Inc.
Born in Hyderabad, Shantanu Narayen has been the CEO and Chairman of Adobe Inc. since 2007. After
earning a bachelor's degree from Osmania University, Hyderabad, Narayen
achieved an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. Born to job-oriented parents, Narayen was hardworking and made it big at Apple before joining Adobe.
5. Ajaypal Singh Banga - CEO, Mastercard :
Ajay Banga has been a pioneer for Mastercard since the 1990s. After leading them as their President and COO, Ajaypal Singh Banga was announced as the new CEO in April, 2010. Banga,
who has been the chairman of the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC),
is an alumni of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and the
Delhi University
6. Rajeev Suri - CEO, Nokia Inc.
Born in New Delhi and raised in Kuwait, Rajeev Suri has been the CEO of Nokia Inc. since April 2014. After working for a conglomerate running across India and Nigeria,
Suri's hardwork brought him to Nokia in 1995 where he has been at the
top of his game since then. Based in Finland, Suri is a Singaporean citizen and is an alumni of the Manipal Institute of Technology.
7. Dinesh C. Paliwal - CEO, Harman International
Having lived and worked in Australia, China, India,
Singapore, Switzerland, and the United States - Dinesh Paliwal is the
CEO of Harman International and a board member for Nestle. After
completing his bachelor's in engineering from the Indian Institute of
Management, Roorkee, Paliwal achieved an MBA in Finance from Miami
University, Ohio. Paliwal was awarded Metro New York
Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young in 2010 and was declared the
Businessman of the Year by Fortune Magazine in 2014.
8. Sanjay Mehrotra - CEO, Micron Technology
With 30 years of experience in the non-volatile semiconductor memory industry, Mehrotra is a pioneer by all means. After
co-founding SanDisk in 1988 and serving as their President & CEO
until 2016, Mehrotra was chosen as Micron Technology's new CEO in
February, 2017. Hailing from Delhi, he is an alumni of BITS Pilani and has a master's degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences.
9. Laxman Narasimhan - CEO, Reckitt Benckiser
After leading PepsiCo as their Chief Commercial Officer, Laxman
Narasimhan became the CEO of Reckitt Benckiser in September 2019. Completing his Engineering from Pune, Laxman did an MA from The
Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from The
Wharton School.He is known as a multilingual orator and can speak up to six languages.
10. Nikesh Arora - CEO, Palo Alto Networks
Born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh Nikesh Arora has bee the CEO of Palo Alto Networks since June, 2018. After serving as a Google executive, Nikesh joined as the President of the SoftBank Group in 2014. Coming
from an air-force background, Nikesh toiled hard for his success and is
an alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, BHU and Boston
College, Northeastern University.
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