We all are familiar with names like Satya Nadella & Sundar Pichai who became the success stories of Indian Education System. In past one year these names gained several inches of columns of every news publication, because of 2 reasons - Firstly the companies that they are heading and secondly the country that they belong to.
India, is known for it's diversity. While growing up, you deal with all kinds of people, all types of cultures and different kinds of situations. So, we have something natural when it comes to problem solving. As a matter of fact we don't have any IITs anywhere near the top 100 technical institutes in the world, but we have IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore & ISB Hyderabad in the top 100 Business schools in the world.
According to a study by Egon Zehnder, there are more Indian CEOs then any other nationality after Americans in the S&P 500 companies. In one of their articles TIME quoted CEOs as "India's leading export". A study by University of Southern New Hampshire says that Indian Managers are more successful because of "A paradoxical blend of genuine personal humility and intense professional will."
Here I have listed 12 Indian CEOs, heading world's major corporate houses:
1. Sundar Pichai, CEO Google
1. Sundar Pichai, CEO Google
Pichai Sundararajan was born and brought up in Chennai. He did his B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur in Metallurgical Engineering and later went to Stanford University for MS in Material Science Engineering. He also holds an MBA from Wharton School of the Unviersity of Pennsylvania.
Before joining Google, Pichai worked in engineering & product Management in Applied Materials and in McKinsey as management consulting. He was named to be the next CEO of Google on 10th August, 2015. While working at Google Pichai has been known for his crucial contributions in developing products like Google Chrome, Chrome OS & Google Drive.
2. Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft
He was appointed as the CEO of Microsoft on 4th February, 2014. Nadella was born in Hyderabad and did his schooling from there only. He did his B.Tech from Manipal Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering. Later he did his MS in Computer Science Engineering from University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and received an MBA from University of Chicago.
Before joining Microsoft Nadella was a member of technology staff at Sun Microsystems. Nadella is known for his expertise in cloud computing and handles company's computing platforms and developer tools.
3. Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO SanDisk Corporation
Known to very few people, Mr. Sanjay Mehrotra is the Co-Founder, President and CEO of SanDisk Corporation, the company which is hailed for its flash memory storing solutions. After working for 23 years as the Chief Operating Officer, he was appointed as the CEO in January, 2011. He holds his bachelor's and master's degree in Electrical Engineering & Compurter Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley.
Mr. Mehrotra is a known inventor and has more than 70 patents on his name. He was awarded as "CEO of the Year" by Entrepreneur's Foundation of Silicon Valley on 10th December, 2013.
4. Rajeev Suri, President & CEO Nokia
He was born in Delhi and holds a B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology. Suri has worked in Calcom Electronics in India as well as Churchgate foundation in Nigeria and later joined Nokia Group and has been working with them from past 20 years. Mr. Suri was appointed as the CEO of Nokia Group on 29th April, 2014.
He is known as "turnaround specialist" among tech circles due to his exceptional quality of bringing change and new ideas. His expertise lies in Big Data Analytics, Cloud Computing, Mobile Networks and Internet Business Models.
5. Indra Nooyi, CEO PepsiCo
Indira Krishnamurthy Nooyi was born and brought up in Chennai and did her bachelors in Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics from Madras Christian College and MBA from IIM Calcutta.She holds another management degree in Public & Private Management from Yale University.
She began her career from India as product manager in Johnson & Johnson and textile firm Mettur Beardsell. Later she joined Boston Consulting Group and held strategic positions in Motorola and Asea Brown Boveri. She joined PepsiCo in 1994 and was named as the CFO in 2001, company's net profit has from 2.7 Billion Dollar to 6.5 Billion Dollar since she became the CFO, later she was appointed as the CEO in 2006.
She was ranked as 1st most powerful woman in Business in 2009 & 2010 by Fortune. Forbes named her as 3rd most powerful woman in the world in 2008 and 13th in 2014. TIME listed her among the 100 most influential people in the world in 2007 & 2008.
6. Sanjay Kumar Jha, CEO Global Foundries
Jha was born in Bhagalpur, Bihar. He holds a Bachelor of Sciences in Engineering from University of Liverpool and a PhD in Electronics Engineering from University of Strathclyde, Scotland. Mr. Sanjay Jha was appointed as the CEO of Global Foundries on January, 2014, the company has the second largest semiconductor foundry business in the world.
Before this he served as the CEO of Motorola Mobility for 4 years. Jha started his career with Qualcomm in 1994 as senior engineer and excelled up to the post of COO of Qualcomm & President of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. In 2005, he was elected to the Board of Directors of Semiconductor Industry Association.
Mr. Ivan Menezes was appointed as the CEO of Diageo, a British multinational alcoholic beverage company, in July, 2013. Some of the brands owned by the company are Guinness, Johnnie Walker whisky, Smimoff vodka and Captain Morgan rum. He was born in Pune and was educated at St. Stephen's College, Delhi and holds an MBA from IIM Ahmadabad and US Kellogg School of Management.
Menezes joined Diageo in 1997 and currently he is also the Non-executive director of US based fashion retailer Coach Inc. His father was the chairman of Indian Railway Board & his brother Victor Menezes is the former chairman and CEO of Citibank.
NetApp is a US based computer storage and data management company. George did his schooling from St. Joseph's High School, Bengaluru and then joined IIT Madras but later he left IIT Madras to pursue a degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University and did his masters in business administration from Stanford University.
He joined the company in 2011 and was appointed as the CEO in June 2015. Before joining NetApp, George was the vice president and manager of the Application Networking and Switching Technology Group at Cisco Systems. He has also worked in companies like Akamai Technologies, McKinsey & Company and Oracle Corporation. His twin brother Thomas Kurian is a president at Oracle.
On 12th April, 2010 Mastercard announced that Mr. Ajay Banga will serve as the CEO of the company and also he would become a member of Master Cards's Board of Directors. Mr. Banga was born in Pune but belonged to Jalandhar. His father was an Indian Army officer and retired as lieutenant general. He did his schooling from Secunderabad, Delhi, Jalandhar, Hyderabad & Shimla and then went to St. Stephen's College, Delhi for BA in Economics Hons. Later he did his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.
Banga started his career with Nestle in 1981 and after working for 13 years he shifted to PepsiCo. He has a keen interest in Social Development issues and is a renowned speaker. On 5th February, 2015 President Barack Obama appointed Banga to serve as a Member of the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy & Negotiations. He is also a member of Board of Directors of Dow Chemical Company; and member of International Business Council of the World Economic Forum.
Nikesh Arora is the President of SoftBank Corporation & CEO of SoftBank Internet & Media Inc, and is a former Google Executive. Born to an Indian Airforce Officer, he did his B.Tech from IIT BHU in Electrical Engineering. He also holds an MBA from Northeastern University and a degree from Boston College.
Arora holds a dozen companies on his CV and started working at Fidelity Investments in 1992. He has worked as Chief Marketing Officer at Deutsche Telekom and later in 2004 joined Google. He held various positions at Google and left in July, 2014 from the post of Senior Vice President & Chief Business Officer. To lead SoftBank's operations he was paid a record amount of 135 Million Dollar making him the 3rd highest paid executive in the world.
Arora holds a dozen companies on his CV and started working at Fidelity Investments in 1992. He has worked as Chief Marketing Officer at Deutsche Telekom and later in 2004 joined Google. He held various positions at Google and left in July, 2014 from the post of Senior Vice President & Chief Business Officer. To lead SoftBank's operations he was paid a record amount of 135 Million Dollar making him the 3rd highest paid executive in the world.
11. Dinesh Paliwal, CEO Harman International
Dinesh Paliwal is the Chairman, President & CEO of Harman International, a leading provider of premium audio and infotainment systems for the automotive, consumer & professional markets. He belongs to Agra, UP and did his BE from IIT Roorkee. He also holds a MS in Applied Science and Engineering and MBA in Finance from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
Before Harman he worked for 22 years with ABB Group and played a key role in company's dramatic turn around from 2002-2007. In 2010 he was named Metro New York Entrepreneur of the Year, He also received the Pinnacle Award as one of the outstanding 50 Asian-Americans in Business 2012.
Before Harman he worked for 22 years with ABB Group and played a key role in company's dramatic turn around from 2002-2007. In 2010 he was named Metro New York Entrepreneur of the Year, He also received the Pinnacle Award as one of the outstanding 50 Asian-Americans in Business 2012.
Adobe announced on 12 November, 2007 that Shantanu Narayen will be the new CEO of Adobe Systems, after working with Adobe for around 10 years. He was born and brought up in Hyderabad and did his Bachelors in Engineering from Osmania University, India. He also holds an MBA from the University of California and a MS in computer Science from Bowling Green State University, Ohio.
He started his career with Apple Inc and later moved on to Silicon Graphics. He also Co-Founded Pictra Inc., a company that mastered the concept of Photo Sharing over Internet. He also serves on the Board of Dell Inc. and the advisory board of Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
He started his career with Apple Inc and later moved on to Silicon Graphics. He also Co-Founded Pictra Inc., a company that mastered the concept of Photo Sharing over Internet. He also serves on the Board of Dell Inc. and the advisory board of Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
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