Shailesh Jejurikar To Sundar Pichai: 10 Indian-Origin Leaders Heading Global Companies
Shailesh Jejurikar: Jejurikar began his journey with P&G in 1989 as an assistant brand manager in the Personal Health Care division in India. Over the years, he steadily rose through the ranks and became a key player in the company's global leadership. He was named Chief Operating Officer in October 2021. He will become the next Chief Executive Officer, taking over the reins from Jon Moeller on January 1, 2026. (Image: News18 Hindi)
Sundar Pichai: Pichai stepped into the role of the CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google on October 24, 2015. The Tamil Nadu-born engineer has a net worth of US$1.1 billion, as of May 2025. (Image: Instagram)
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Satya Nadella: Nadella was announced as the new CEO of Microsoft on February 4, 2014. He worked at Sun Microsystems as a member of its technology staff before joining Microsoft in 1992. (File Photo)
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Shantanu Narayen: The Indian-American executive was announced the chairman, president, and CEO of Adobe Inc. on December 1, 2007. He had joined Adobe in 1998 as senior vice president of worldwide product development, a position he held through 2001. In 2005, he was appointed president and COO. (File photo)
Arvind Krishna: Krishna has been CEO of IBM since April 2020 and chairman since January 2021. In fact, he began his career at IBM in 1990, at its Thomas J. Watson Research Center. (Image: News18 Hindi)
Leena Nair: The British-Indian business executive was named Chanel's first female and Indian-origin CEO in December 2021. She assumed the role in January 2022. (Image: News18 Hindi)
Sanjay Mehrotra: Mehrotra was named the CEO of Micron in February 2017. He took on the role from May 8, 2017. Prior to it, he was the founder and CEO of SanDisk until its acquisition by Western Digital in 2016. (Image: News18 Hindi)
Jayshree Ullal: The British-Indian executive was appointed the CEO of Arista Networks, a cloud networking company, in October 2008. (Image: Theolive123/Wikimedia Commons)
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