Parag Agrawal will be the new chief executive officer of Twitter
Indian-origin techies, many of whom have studied at the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and other prominent tech institutions in the country, are now heading global technology companies.
After Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO of Twitter on Monday, Indian-American Parag Agrawal was appointed the new CEO of the microblogging platform. Several other big technology companies are being run by CEOs who are either Indian or of Indian origin, and Agrawal is the latest addition to the list.
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter on Monday to praise Indian talent and said greatly it benefits the United States. He tweeted, "USA benefits greatly from Indian talent!"
Musk was responding to a tweet by Patrick Collison, CEO, Stripe, the world's third-largest unicorn.
So here's the list of 8 Indian-origin CEOs who are currently heading top US tech companies:
Parag Agrawal
Parag Agrawal will be the new chief executive officer (CEO) of Twitter. Agarwal will also be a member of the Twitter board of directors following the resignation of Jack Dorsey.
He holds a PhD in computer science from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay.
Sundar Pichai
Google CEO Sundar Pichai was born in Tamil Nadu capital Chennai and grew up in the city.
Pichai received a B. Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur and holds an MS...
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