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Ona tangentially related matter: Interesting that Parag Agrawal is being named CEO. This makes 3 CEOs (that I know of) that are of Indian descent (other two be
by xtracto 5y ago
Ona tangentially related matter: Interesting that Parag Agrawal is being named CEO. This makes 3 CEOs (that I know of) that are of Indian descent (other two being Microsoft's Satya Nadella and Alphabet's Sundar Pichai).
I wonder if it is just apophenia or if there is some underlying reason why in the last years we've had an increase in Indian CEOs.
- ryzvonusef 5y agohttps://twitter.com/patrickc/status/1465353324803211267 https://twitter.com/patrickc/status/1465353324803211267 > Google, Microsoft, Adobe, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, and now Twitter run by CEOs who grew up in India. The other day I was watching a news video on advancement on battery tech, two seperate companies, both had indian ceo I guess it just worked out for them, or perhaps we notice them more because they stick out? isn't there like a name for this effect?
- lobocinza 5y agoapophenia?
- r00fus 5y agoCould be just stats - lots of Indians in tech, so completely plausible that more than a few are picked as leaders. A lot of global brands have or have recently had Indian CEOs as well (Pepsi, MasterCard, etc).