Indian CEO’s of International Companies & Their Net Worth in 2022
There is no doubt that the Indians have climbed the corporate ladders in the global world though slowly but steadily. They have emerged as a powerhouse of technology all over the world. Indians have been the masterminds of the inventions and the marketing strategies of the many life changing brands such as Microsoft, Google, Master cards, etc.
As per the studies, 30% of the Fortune 500 companies have Indians as their CEO’s. One-Third of all the engineers in Silicon Valley are from India and 10% of world’s high tech company CEO’s are all Indians.
Some of the Indian CEO’s who are currently heading the biggest global companies are:
- Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google
Pichai Sundararajan, who is popularly known as Sundar Pichai was born on 12th July, 1972 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. He came a long way from living in a two room apartment in Ashok Nagar, Chennai to being announced as the CEO of Google LLC. He completed his B. Tech in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He won a scholarship to study on material science and on semiconductors in physics from Stanford University. After completing his MBA, he joined Google in the year 2004 and led the product management. His innovation efforts included in Google Chrome OS and Google Drive.
The approx. Net Worth of Sundar Pichai is USD $600 Million and annual Total Salary in 2021 is USD $280,621,552 approx.
- Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft
Satya Narayan Nadella, born on 19th August, 1967 in Hyderabad, Telangana. He dedicatedly gave his 22 years of life to Microsoft and after that he was named as the CEO in February, 2014. He previously held the position of Executive Vice President of Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise Group. He completed his degree in electrical engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, after which he did his Masters in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and MBA from the University of Chicago.
He changed the Company’s mission statement to, ‘empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.’
The approx. Net Worth of Satya Nadella is USD $655 Million and annual Total Salary in 2021 is USD $44.32 Million approx.
- Indra Nooyi, CEO of Pepsico
Indra Krishnamurthy and after marriage known as Indra Nooyi, born on 28th October, 1955 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She is an Indian American Business Executive who is currently serving as the Chairman of the second largest food and beverage business in the world, Pepsico. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics from the University of Madras. She worked part time jobs to support herself in college. She started career as product Manager in Johnson & Johnson and then moved to Pepsico. She is also ranked among the World’s 100 most powerful women and is also the first independent female director of the ICC Board.
The approx. Net Worth of Indra Nooyi is USD $151.8 Million and the total annual salary in 2021 was USD $29.8 Million approx.
- Ajaypal Singh Banga, CEO of MasterCard
Ajaypal Singh Banga born in 1960 in Pune, India, is an Indian Sikh American business executive. He is a Padma Shri Award recipient and was selected as the CEO of MasterCard in the year 2010. He was born in a family of army general of Indian Army, so he had spent his entire childhood and teenage years shifting across different cities in the country.
His approx. Net Worth is USD $1.2 Billion and his total salary in 2021 is USD $16.9 Million approx.
- Parag Agarwal, CEO of Twitter
He was born on 21st May, 1984 in Ajmer, Rajasthan. He completed his degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and PhD from Stanford University. He joined Twitter in 2011 as a software Engineer and later he started living in Mumbai, India. His hadwork and dedication led to him where he is today. With his innovative efforts and never giving up spirit made him the achieve the milestone of the position of CEO of Twitter.
His total approx. annual salary would be USD $1 million.
All these wonderful stories make us proud of being an Indian. Their outstanding professional skills, communication, humble and hardworking nature makes them ‘THE BEST CEO’S’ in the global world.
