Mumbai: From Elon Musk to Indian billionaire Anand Mahindra, the world has taken note of a growing list of global firms led by people of Indian origin when Twitter announced the appointment of Parag Agarwal as its CEO, making it one of the world’s largest tech giants. The role played by immigrants was enhanced. companies.
Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group, said in a tweet, “This is a pandemic that we are happy and proud to say that it originated in India. This is the Indian CEO Virus. There is no vaccine against it. “
This is an epidemic of which we are happy and proud to say that it originated in India. This is the Indian CEO virus… there is no vaccine against it. I https://t.co/Dl28r7nu0u
– Anand Mahindra (AnandMahindra) November 29, 2021
The most prominent leaders of Indian origin in the United States are Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Adobe’s Shantanu Narain, International Business Machines’ Arvind Krishna and Google’s parent firm Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai. Together, they are in charge of enterprises with a total market value of approximately $5 trillion.
“America benefits greatly from Indian talent!” Musk, in response to a tweet by Stripe CEO Patrick Collison, recognized the Asian country as one of the world’s richest pools of tech talent.
America benefits greatly from Indian talent!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 29, 2021
Collison said in his tweet, “Google, Microsoft, Adobe, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, and now Twitter are run by CEOs who grew up in India. And a good reminder to see the amazing success of Indians in the world of technology.” Amazing. The opportunities America provides to immigrants.”
Outside the technology space, Indra Nooyi was PepsiCo’s CEO for 12 years, while Ajay Banga is Mastercard’s executive chairman after a decade as CEO.
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announced his departure from the firm on Monday. Dorsey oversaw the social network during Donald Trump’s administration, as well as survived the expulsion bid of an active investor in 2020.
Dorsey, in his message to employees, said that Parag Agarwal was behind every major decision and had helped turn the firm around. Dorsey said of Agarwal, “He leads with heart and soul and I learn from him daily. My trust in him as our CEO is very deep.”
In a note to the company, expressing deep gratitude to outgoing Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and the team, Parag Agarwal said, “The world is watching us now, more than they have done before. Let the world see the true potential of Twitter.” Show!”
Agarwal took over as Twitter’s CEO at a time when the business is striving to move away from free speech struggles and toward growth. He joined Twitter in 2011 and was promoted to Chief Technology Officer in 2017.
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