High human capital and concentration in the fields of science and technology are behind the success story of the Indian-American population in the United States. Indian Americans about 1 percent of the American population, i.e. a little of over 3 million people and registered over 15% start-ups to their names, in the Silicon Valley itself. The population of Indians living in US increased by near 9 lakh in last 9 years. Thanks to the Industrial Revolution, the rapid social and technological change that has shaped the world we live in today. It was a period of great innovation and many of the tools we see today were inventions of the Industrial Revolution. To complement digital technology has witnessed the growing challenges of globalization.
The open digital innovation by the government has been leveraged by the startup community, making India now the third-largest startup ecosystem in the world. Today, The digital revolution of India is unique, as it ensures that not only the connected but also those who are yet to get on the internet highway are equally benefited and empowered by the fruits of the New Economy. Emerging technologies are bridging the gap between the framework of innovation. Now, every company is a tech company and the leaders are identified based on their successful track record. There were many good reasons, on how these 20 successful Indian’s rides the new wave, resulted featured in this year VARINDIA Brand book.
SUNDAR PICHAI CEO-GOOGLE
Sundar Pichai, was born to a middle class family in Madurai, Tamil Nadu and now he is the CEO of Google, heads core tech projects like Google search engine, ads, maps, apps, YouTube and Android system. He is the chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google LLC. Born in Madurai, India, Pichai earned his degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in metallurgical engineering, an MS degree from Stanford University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
SATYA NARAYANA NADELLA CEO-MICROSOFT
Before becoming the CEO. Before becoming CEO, he was the executive vice president of Microsoft’s cloud and enterprise group, responsible for building and running the company’s computing platforms. He orchestrated a cultural shift at Microsoft by emphasizing empathy, collaboration, and ‘growth mindset’. The aggressive strategy for acquisition of Linkedin for $26.2 billion in 2016 and Github for $7.5 billion last year and recently invested $2 billion in Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio.
SANJAY JHA CEO - GLOBAL FOUNDRIES
emiconductor foundry that produces chips for giants like AMD, Broadcom, Qualcomm, and STMicroelectronics, in January 2014; before that he has served as the CEO of Motorola Mobility and COO of Qualcomm. The company plans to begin production in the world’s fastest growing chip market to convert the 300-millimeter wafer fab to FD-SOI production next year.
SHANTANU NARAYEN CEO- ADOBE SYSTEMS
Shantanu Narayen is presently at the helm of Adobe. Shantanu Narayen is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Adobe, one of the largest and most diversified software companies in the world. Shantanu has transformed the company into an industry innovator by pioneering a cloud-based subscription model for its creative suite, establishing the global standard for digital documents and creating and leading the explosive digital experience category
AJAYPAL SINGH BANGA PRESIDENT & CEO- MASTERCARD
Ajay Banga is president and chief executive officer of MasterCard and a member of its board of directors. Banga is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Weill Cornell Medical College. He is currently chairman of the U.S.-India Business Council, and serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Business Roundtable and chairs its Information and Technology Initiative.
K RAM SHRIRAM MANAGING PARTNER, SHERPALO VENTURES
Shiram born in India, Shriram studied math at the University of Madras. After moving to the U.S. he joined Netscape in 1994 as an executive. He is the second Indian on the board of Google’s parent company Alphabet. Shriram was one of the early investors in Google. Before joining Google, he was working at Netscape and Amazon for few years. His portfolio includes online invitation service Paperless Post, online HR service provider Gusto and mobile advertising company InMobi.
AJIT JAIN VICE CHAIRMAN - BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY
Ajit Jain is an Indian American executive who is the Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations for Berkshire Hathaway as of January 10, 2018.He was raised in India’s coastal state of Orissa. He had worked for IBM for their data-processing operations in India. Berkshire Hathaway Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses. It provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; and operates railroad systems in North America.
VINOD KHOSLA CO-FOUNDER - SUN MICROSYSTEMS
Vinod Khosla is an Indian American billionaire businessman and venture capitalist. He is a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures. Khosla served as its first chairman and CEO from 1982 to 1984, when he left the company to become a venture capitalist. He is a supporter of many micro finance organizations in India and Africa. Vinod is a founding board member of Indian School of Business (ISB). Vinod grew up dreaming of being an entrepreneur, despite being from an Indian army household with no business or technology connections.
PRADEEP SINDHU CEO & FOUNDER – FUNGIBLE
Pradeep Sindhu is an Indian-born American entrepreneur who is the co-founder and chief scientist of Juniper Networks Inc. He was also the CEO of the company until 1996. He currently serves as the CEO and founder of Fungible. The company is targeting the data center market with a product that will combine custom silicon with integrated compute, storage, and networking. It creates hardware and software platforms for data centers. Central to our mission is a chip responsible for data movement.
JAYSHREE ULLAL PRESIDENT & CEO-ARISTA NETWORKS
Jayshree V. Ullal is an American billionaire businesswoman, president and CEO of Arista Networks, a cloud networking company responsible for the deployment of Gigabit Ethernet networking in the data center. Arista Networks was founded to pioneer and deliver software driven cloud networking solutions for large datacenter storage and computing environments. Arista’s awardwinning platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds from 10 to 400 gigabits per second, redefine scalability, agility and resilience.
ANSHU JAIN PRESIDENT - CANTOR FITZGERALD
Anshuman Jain, (Anshu) has hailing from Jaipur, Rajasthan. He is presently holding the position of President at Cantor Fitzgerald, an investment bank and brokerage firm. He had served as the Co-CEO of Deutsche Bank from 2012 until July 2015. Jain also served as a member of Deutsche Bank’s Management Board. He is a world-class leader in the financial services industry and has a deep understanding of the global capital market. Yes Bank has given a mandate to Anshu Jain to raise the funds for the bank.
VASANT NARASIMHAN CEO- NOVARTIS
Vasant Narasimhan is the CEO of Novartis since February 1, 2018. He has done his bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from University of Chicago. He did his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and his master’s degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is passionate about reimagining medicine, cultural transformation and the journey of leadership. Working with a dedicated team to build a leading medicines company globally, powered by advanced therapy platforms and data science.
SANJAY MEHROTRA PRESIDENT & CEO, Micron Technology
Sanjay Mehrotra is an engineering graduate from BITS, Pilani. He was the Co-founder of Sandisk a global leader in flash memory storage solutions and the President and CEO at Micron Technology. Micron is a world leader in innovative memory solutions that transform how the world uses information. We have over 34,000 team members in 17 countries who work with the world’s most trusted brands, delivering memory and storage systems for a broad range of applications and sparking countless possibilities in technology
THOMAS KURIAN CEO- GOOGLE CLOUD
Thomas Kurian is CEO of Google Cloud, which he joined in January 2019. Prior to that, he was President of Product Development at Oracle Corporation from 1996 to 2018. Google Cloud is turning to a traditional enterprise sales model as it takes on front-runners Amazon and Microsoft: separate services by industry and go straight to c-suites. Before Google, Kurian worked as at Oracle for more than 20 years. At Google, Kurian is focused on selling to the C-suite -- CEOs, chief digital officers, chief information officers, and chief information security officers.
GEORGE KURIAN CEO & PRESIDENT- NETAPP
George Kurian was born in Kottayam district, Kerala, he pursued engineering at IIT-Madras, but left six months later to join Princeton University. George joined the company in 2011, bringing his passion and relentless focus on execution to his leadership roles at NetApp. He was named CEO in June 2015. Prior to joining NetApp, George was vice president and general manager of the Application Networking and Switching Technology Group at Cisco Systems.
NIKESH ARORA CEO, PALO ALTO NETWORKS
Born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh Nikesh Arora has been the chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks since June, 2018. Before joining Palo Alto Networks, Nikesh served as president and chief operating officer of SoftBank Group Corp. Prior to that, he held a number of positions at Google, Inc.. 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.
LAXMAN NARASIMHAN CEO- RECKITT BENCKISER
After leading PepsiCo as their Chief Commercial Officer, Laxman Narasimhan became the CEO of Reckitt Benckiser in September 2019. Laxman is an outstanding leader who brings wide experience across the consumer goods sector, both operationally and at scale. Laxman has exceptional strategic capabilities and consumer insight with a proven track record in developing purpose-led brands and driving consumer-centric and digital innovation. He has backed by Engineering from Pune, Laxman did an MA from The Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from The Wharton School.
ARVIND KRISHNA CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER-IBM
Arvind Krishna is an Indian-American business executive. He is the chief executive officer of IBM. Krishna began his career at IBM as an engineer in IBM Research, was promoted to senior vice president in 2015, and was promoted to CEO in 2020. On his first day as CEO, Krishna wrote to IBM staff, “I believe we can make IBM the most trusted technology partner of the 21st century
IVAN MENEZES CEO-DIAGO
Ivan Manuel Menezes is an Indian-American business executive. He has been the chief executive officer of Diageo . He has born in Pune, he was educated at St. Stephens College, Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad and has been serving the company since 1997 and held various senior positions at the company. Prior to his career with Diageo, Ivan worked across a variety of sales, marketing and strategy roles for Whirlpool in Europe, Booz Allen & Hamilton in North America, and Nestlé in Asia.
ASHOK VEMURI CEO- CONDUENT INC
Ashok Vemuri is an Indian-American business executive, and Board of Director for Financial Policy and Public Responsibilities at Kroger. Vemuri was the former Chief Executive Officer of IGATE and Conduent. Vemuri has served as Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Conduent Incorporated, a global digital interactions company. He brings to the Board a proven track record of leading technology services companies through growth and corporate transformations.
