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Just a stray observation, but now Microsoft and Google are both run by Indian born CEOs.

• igammarays 11y ago
  And Adobe and Pepsi.
  • pavlov 11y ago
    And Nokia (the profitable company that remains after they sold the phone division albatross to Microsoft).
• scholia 11y ago
  Quite a few of them around https://in.finance.yahoo.com/photos/indian-ceos-leading-major-world-companies-1391495476-slideshow/ https://in.finance.yahoo.com/photos/indian-ceos-leading-majo...
• fesja 11y ago
  Google, Microsoft, Adobe, Pepsi, Nokia, Mastercard, Deutsche Bank
• chrisper 11y ago
  It's funny how Cisco's CEO is not Indian.
  • pluma 11y ago
    For anyone not familiar with Cisco's market shares: one of Cisco's most important markets is India.
  • anjanb 11y ago
    how is it funny ? Not getting you
    • chrisper 11y ago
      Cisco has the stereotype (at least here in the South Bay) that it has almost only Indian employees. There is also the idea that since Cisco hired so many Indians, it is now no longer considered an American company (I don't seem to be able to find the link anymore). Finally, there is the rumor that Indians only hire Indians. So after all these stereotypes you would think Cisco would have an Indian CEO. Here are some links: https://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-bias-among-Indians-of-hiring-other-Indian-workers-in-the-IT-industry https://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-bias-among-Indians-of-hir... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831365/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831365/posts
• grkvlt 11y ago
  One seventh of the world's population is Indian born, so perhaps not so surprising...
  • flipmonk 11y ago
    Nope, still pretty surprising. China, Brazil, Russia are all humongous populations - dramatically fewer reps than India.
    • jkaunisv1 11y ago
      I wouldn't say surprising. India's the only one of those you mentioned that has a significant English-speaking population - and connections to the English-speaking West as a result of being a British colony.
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      • flipmonk 11y ago
        Britain has a 100% english speaking population and ridiculously high education and cultural standards. How many British CEO's run powerful companies? The fact that middle/lower class Indian-born and educated individuals are now running corporations with the size and impact of Google, Adobe, Nokia, Deutche bank, Pepsi, Microsoft and the likes is just down right stunning. They've broken through cultural, racial, societal, stereotypical, psychological and economical barriers at an extreme level to do so. This needs to be academically investigated.
• dzhiurgis 11y ago
  Jobs was practically Indian.
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