How 5 Indian-origin CEOs of World’s Prominent Tech Giants Made It to This Stage

Three words, namely ‘Education,’ ‘Migration,’ and ‘Dedication,’ paved the way for their massive success

Massùod Hemmat
10 min readDec 3, 2021
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Elon Musk puts the world in awe through his innovations and thinking-beyond-the-box mindset, but this time the talent of Indians amazed him. That IBM, Adobe, Google and the Alphabet, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Arista Networks, Vimeo, tens of other companies, and now Twitter is run by Indians or those of Indian-origin, made him tweet this:

“USA benefits greatly from Indian talent!” — Elon Musk.

Vivek Wadhwa, a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School, says:

“Being an Indian is a big advantage now. People expect us to be good engineers and good managers.”

Why Indian, why now, and why not others?* These questions are subject to further exploration in the following paragraphs.

Note:* I have worked with Pakistanis, Americans, Germans, Nepalis, Bangladeshis, Iranians, Japanese, Turks, Arabs, and citizens of many other countries and have noted lots of their exceptional qualities. By no means, I compare Indians with them or vice versa. Each individual is unique in their own way. The same holds true for nationalities

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Massùod Hemmat
Massùod Hemmat

Written by Massùod Hemmat

Writer (Thinker), Infopreneur, CEO, Web/Tech Cons., IR/AI Enthusiast, Polymath, & Global citizen — I write because it isn’t there. LinkedIn.com/in/mhemmat

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