Aug 28, 2024
By: Prerna Tyagi
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Kevan Parekh is set to step into the role of CFO at Apple on January 1, 2025. Currently, Apple’s Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis, Parekh’s rise marks another milestone in the growing influence of Indian-origin leaders on the global stage. Here’s a look at others making waves.
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Leena Nair, once Unilever’s Chief Human Resource Officer, now leads Chanel as CEO. Born and raised in India, she got her MBA focused in HR from XLRI Jamshedpur.
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Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google. An IIT Kharagpur alumnus, Pichai hails from Madurai and joined Google in 2004.
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Steve Sanghi is an Indian businessman currently serving as Executive Chair of the Board of Directors for Microchip Technology Inc., a position he has held since 2021. He hails from Punjab and served as President of Microchip Technology Inc. from 1990 to 2016 and as Chief Executive Officer from 1991 to 2021.
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Shantanu Narayen is a Hyderabad-born Indian American who has been the chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Adobe Inc. since December 2007. Before his stint as the CEO, he was the company's president and chief operating officer since 2005.
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A BITS Pilani alumnus, Sanjay Mehrotra is the CEO of Micron Technology. He was a co-founder of SanDisk and its president and CEO from 2011 until its acquisition by Western Digital in 2016.
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Vaibhav Taneja is the Chief Financial Officer of Tesla Motors. He graduated from Delhi University in 1999 and has previously worked with PwC and SolarCity.
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Aparna is the Chief Operating Officer of Zoom and is known to bring expertise in building operations and infrastructure. A Harvard Law School graduate, she was the Chief Legal Officer of Zoom before her appointment as COO.
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