And here I mean not people of Indian Origin(PIO) but those who were born in India and did atleast some education in India.
5 Indian appear in list of Highest paid CEOs
Indra Nooyi-CEO and Chairperson of PepsiCo Inc
Born in Chennai, PGDM from IIM Kolkotta and Master in management from Yale School of Management. Forbes and Fortune Magazine have included her in Top positions in the list labelled World's most powerful women..
Sanjay Jha- CEO and Chairman of Motorola Mobility
Born in Bhagalpur(Bhagalpur Blindings), Bihar in 1963. He holds a PHD in Electrical Engineering. Before heading Motorola, Sanjay was the COO of Qualcomm.
Vikram Pandit-CEO of Citigroup
Born in 1957 in Nagpur(Orange City). Vikram Pandit holds a PHD in Finance from Columbia Business School. Initially he started as a professor at Indiana University and was later amongst the first Indians to be inducted into Morgan Stanley.
Now famous for bringing Citigroup back from oblivion after the previous CEO Chuck Prince was forced to resign. Vikram is also known for walking the talk by only taking $1 as his compensation as CEO till Citi comes back to sustainable profit(though he did get $165 million for his Hedge fund in 2008. Citi has also announced $16 million retention Bonus as its started making profit now)..Way to go ...
Ravi Saligram-CEO of OfficeMax
An alumnus of Bangalore University and previously the President of Aramark International. The otherwise Electrical Engineer from India has spent most of his career in Brand Management and Business Strategy
Ravi Saligram has taken oven from Sam Duncan to lead Officemax, the second biggest Office Supply retailer. With revenues close to $9 billion, the Officemax employs around 32000 people.
Surya Mohapatra- CEO, President and Chairman of Quest Diagnostics
A PHD in Medical Physics from Royal College of Surgeons and Electrical Engineer from Sambalpur University,Orissa , Surya N Mohapatra has been heading Quest Diagnostics, an $ 8 billion enterprise for quite some time but tends to keep a low profile.
Then there are those who do not always hog the limelight but are stalwarts nontheless.
1.Dinesh Paliwal-Agra born Dinesh is an alumnus of IIT Roorkee and Currently the CEO and President of Harman International
2.Shantanu Narayen- Was born in Hyderabad and is the current CEO of Adobe Systems. MBA from Haas School of Business. Among his many accomplishments is the appointment to Barack Obama's Management Advisory Board.
3.Abhijit Talwakar-CEO and President of LSI corporation
4. Krish Prabhu- ex CEO of Tellabs
5 and 6. Rakesh Sachdev - CEO and President of SigmaAldrich. He Succeded Late Jai Nagarkatti, who had an untimely demise
6. Ajay Singh Banga- CEO Mastercard- IIM Ahmedabad Alumnus
7. MS Banga-(brother of Ajay)Ex-President Unilever Foods
8. Arun Sarin- Ex CEO of Vodafone. Resigned after great performance in Vodafone
9. Rajat Gupta- Ex- MD(CEO) of Mckinsey. Despite the current insider trading controversy, Calcutta born Rajat Gupta was the first Indian to break the glass ceiling and be appointed at CEO level in a US multinational. So all the current players have some one to thank for building acceptance in minds of the westerners.
Disclaimer- Information is for education purposes only. Error and Omissions are unintentional
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