Top 10 Indian-origin CEOs leading global companies, from S. Ramaswamy to Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella
In recent years, multinational corporations have been selecting highly skilled executives from India to fill top leadership positions across various industries, including technology and healthcare. Snowflake, an American cloud computing company, has recently named Sridhar Ramaswamy as its new CEO. Take a look at the top 10 Indian-origin CEOs of global companies for inspiration for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Top 10 CEOs from India
Sridhar Ramaswamy: S. Ramaswamy has been announced as the CEO of cloud computing company Snowflake. A native of Tamil Nadu, India, he completed his bachelor’s degree in computer science from IIT Madras. He completed graduate studies in computer science at Brown University. Previously, he worked in Google’s advertising department for 15 years.
Satya Nadella: Nadella is the CEO of the tech giant Microsoft. He joined the company in 1992. Satya Nadella is a native of Hyderabad, India, where he earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from Mangalore University and a MS in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Sundar Pichai: Currently, Pichai is the CEO of Google and Alphabet. He joined Google in 2004 to work on the Google Toolbar. Pichai completed his engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He later earned a master’s degree from Stanford University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Shantanu Narayan: Narayan is the CEO of Global Adobe. He joined the company in 1998 as the director and CEO of the engineering technology group. Shantanu Narayan received his bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad and his master’s degree in computer science from Bowling Green State University, Ohio. He also earned an MBA from the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
Arvind Krishna: He is the chairman and CEO of IBM. Before leading the company, he worked in IBM’s Cloud and Cognitive Software and IBM Research divisions. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. In addition, he received his doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Laxman Narasimhan: Laxman is currently the CEO of the famous coffee chain Starbucks. He is a native of Pune, Maharashtra. Laxman graduated from the College of Engineering, Pune. For further studies, he completed a master’s degree in German and international studies from the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.
Neal Mohan: Mohan is the CEO of YouTube video streaming platform. He spent his early life in the United States, but completed his high school education in India. In addition, he completed his studies at Stanford University.
Nikesh Arora: After serving at Google and SoftBank Group, Nikesh became CEO of Palo Alto Networks in 2018. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, BHU, Varanasi, India. He later earned a master’s degree in finance from Boston College and an MBA from Northeastern University.
George Kurian: George also comes in the list of famous directors of Indian origin. He is the CEO of NetApp. He holds a degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and completed his engineering work at Princeton University.
Sanjay Mehrotra: Sanjay is the CEO of Micron Technology and also co-founded SanDisk. He studied at BITS Pilani but later transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, where he completed his B.Sc. Sanjay also holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science.
