Indian-origin executives have made significant strides in the global business arena, with several of them spearheading some of the world’s most prominent companies.
1. Sundar Pichai (Alphabet Inc.): Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company. He became the CEO of Google in 2015 and later took over as the CEO of Alphabet Inc. in 2019.
2. Arvind Krishna (IBM): Arvind Krishna was the Chairman and CEO of IBM. He took over the role in April 2020, succeeding Ginni Rometty. Please note that leadership roles can change, so it’s recommended to check for the latest information.
3. Satya Nadella (Microsoft): Satya Nadella has been the CEO of Microsoft since 2014. Under his leadership, Microsoft has undergone significant transformations, focusing more on cloud services and artificial intelligence.
4. Ajaypal Singh Banga (Mastercard): Ajay Banga served as the President and CEO of Mastercard until his retirement in January 2021. Michael Miebach succeeded him in this role.
5. Shantanu Narayen (Adobe): Shantanu Narayen is the Chairman and CEO of Adobe Inc. He has been with Adobe for many years and became CEO in 2007.
6. Nikesh Arora (Palo Alto Networks): Nikesh Arora is the Chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks. He joined the company in 2018.
7. Jayshree Ullal (Arista Networks): Jayshree V. Ullal (born March 27, 1961) is a British-American billionaire businesswoman, president and CEO of Arista Networks, a cloud networking company responsible for the deployment of 10/25/40/50/100 Gigabit Ethernet networking in the data center.
8. George Kurian (NetApp Inc): George Kurian joined NetApp in 2011 as Senior Vice President of its storage solutions group. He was promoted to Executive Vice President (EVP) for product operations in 2013. He was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in 2015.
