Since the wave of Entrepreneurship is blowing strong in all over the world and most of the techies of India are trying to establish themselves as an independent business person. Here, is a list of people who unconventionally made it big while working for the world’s giants with an Entrepreneur mindset.
This list compiles the name and work of the Indians who are leading the biggest companies of the world.
Satya Nadella – CEO Of Microsoft
After Working for over 2 decades at Microsoft, Hyderabad-born Satya Nadella is Company’s third CEO since 2014. He was one of major member of the company’s Cloud computing.
Sundar Pichai – CEO of Google
This Chennai-born, IIT Kharagpur graduate joined google in 2004 who led an important role in Chrome’s Development and helped in development of Google’s key apps such as Gmail and google maps. in the span of 11 years today he is CEO of Google.
Indra Krishnamurthy – CEO of Pepsico
Named in the list of World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list in the last decade. 59-year-old, Indra Nooi is leading the company’s Global Strategy for more than a decade.
Ajaypal Singh Banga – CEO of MasterCards
Pune born Ajaypal Singh Banga who is serving as the president and CEO of MasterCard is a St Stephen’s gradute. He was also appointed as a Member of President’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations by U.S. President Barrack Obama in February, 2015.
Rajeev Suri – CEO of Nokia
Working with Nokia since 1995, and headed the Nokia Solutions and Network division. Mr. Suri, an India-born is Leading the Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia.
Shantanu Narayen – CEO of Adobe.
Began his career at Apple, Joining the well-known software company in 1998 as vice-president of worldwide product research, Mr. Narayen moved up the ladder to COO by 2005 and CEO in 2007.
Francisco D’Souza – CEO of Cognizant
After working in the Information Technology sector for more than 20 years, Indian-origin Francisco D’Souza was named president and CEO in 2007.
Ivan Manuel Menezes – CEO of Diageo
IIM Ahmedabad alumnus leads one of the biggest alcoholic beverages company in July 2013.
Jayant Khatri