Two women among 8 Indian-origin CEOs leading US tech giants in US

Parag Agrawal will be the new chief executive officer of Twitter.  Satya Nadella CEO of Microsoft since 2014, and Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe Inc. since 2007, are both from Hyderabad, Telangana. SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Twitter: “USA benefits greatly from Indian talent!”

Indian-origin techies, many from premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and other prominent tech institutions in the country, are now heading global technology companies in the US. Areport in the Khaleej Times says.

After Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO of Twitter on Monday, Indian-American Parag Agrawal was appointed the new CEO of the microblogging platform. 

Several other big technology companies are being run by CEOs who are either Indian or of Indian origin, and Agrawal is the latest addition to the list.

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter on Monday to praise Indian talent. He tweeted, “USA benefits greatly from Indian talent!”

Here’s the list of 8 Indian-origin CEOs who are currently heading top US tech companies:

Parag Agrawal will be the new chief executive officer (CEO) of Twitter. He will also be a member of the Twitter board of directors following the resignation of Jack Dorsey. He holds a PhD in computer science from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay.

Sundar Pichai : Google CEO Sundar Pichai, born in Tamil Nadu’s capital Chennai, received a B. Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur and holds an MS in Engineering and Materials Science from Stanford University and an MBA from the Wharton School. He has been heading Google since 2015.

Satya Nadella: Microsoft CEO of since 2014, is the third CEO of Microsoft after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer and has been in the company since 1992. Nadella was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, and received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Manipal Institute of Technology in Karnataka, and MS in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Later, Nadella received an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.

Arvind Krishna: Indian-origin Arvind Krishna joined computer hardware company IBM in 1990s. He was appointed as IBM’s CEO in January 2020, succeeding Ginni Rometty. He has been a pioneer for the company’s building and expansion.

Krishna has a bachelor’ degree in electrical engineering from IIT Kanpur, and did his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois.

Shantanu Narayen: Hyderabad-born Shantanu Narayen is the CEO of Adobe Inc. since 2007, leading the company’s transformation, moving its creative and digital document software franchises. Before joining Adobe in 1998 as senior vice-president of worldwide product development, Narayen worked with Silicon Valley start-up Measurex Automation Systems in 1986 and later moved to Apple from 1989 to 1995

He earned a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communication engineering from the University College of Engineering, Osmania University in Hyderabad. He did a master’s in comuputer science from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He later received an MBA from the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.

Nikesh Arora: Palo Alto Networks has Nikesh Arora as the CEO since 2018. Arora has a bachelor’s degree from the Institute of Technology at Banaras Hindu University, an MBA from the Northeastern University, and an MSc from Boston College.

Jayshree Ullal: Billionaire businesswoman Jayshree Ullal is president and CEO of Arista Networks, a cloud networking major. She was ranked among the top-5′ most influential people’ in networking by Forbes magazine. Ullal did a BS in electrical engineering from the San Francisco State university and master’s from the Santa Clara University in engineering management.

Anjali Sud: US-born Anjali Sud is the CEO of Vimeo, the online video platform. Sud has been with the company since 2014 and had joined as the Head of Global Marketing. She graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a BSc in Finance and Management and did her MBA from Harvard Business School in 2011.

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