These leaders also created wealth for their investors.
The careful dismantling of Steve Ballmer's legacy is moving apace. Microsoft just announced 18,000 job cuts, more than two-thirds of which relate to Nokia, the handset maker the former boss bought for $7.2 billion.
With Sundar Pichai becoming the CEO of Google, India has one more reason to cheer its prowess in the global IT sector.
With his elevation as the CEO of Twitter, Parag Agrawal, in whom co-founder of the microblogging giant Jack Dorsey has "bone-deep" trust, joins the growing power club of Indian-origin executives helming US-based global multinationals. Twitter's outgoing CEO Dorsey announced on Monday that 37-year old Agrawal, an Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and Stanford University alumnus, will be the company's new chief executive as he stepped down after 16 years at the company that he co-founded and helmed. A report in The New York Times said Agrawal will receive an annual salary of $1 million, in addition to bonuses, restricted stock units and performance-based stock units.
These include executives from firms such as Google, Facebook and Apple.
'He is a busy man these days, still, he makes it a point to call me at least once a month.'
In the first major realignment of workforce since India-born Satya Nadella took over as CEO, Microsoft has announced slashing of up to 18,000 jobs worldwide by next year as the software giant attempts to sharpen focus on cloud and mobile offerings.
Experts argue that it is a sign of maturity of the industry and of Indian techies working abroad.
In August, Steve Ballmer said he would retire within 12 months.
With Satya Nadella set to become Microsoft CEO, more India-trained professionals are taking top positions in the world.
Chanda Kochhar is among the three Indians in Time's Most Influential list.
Google boss's absence at US-China internet forum meet raises eyebrows.
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'It's been overwhelming to see such generous and warm responses,' Pichai tweeted.
After Sheryl Sandberg, it's now the turn of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to visit India, the second biggest market for the social networking giant, later this month.
India has banned as many as 106 Chinese apps, including TikTok, a move welcomed by both the Trump administration and the US lawmakers.
Modi hopes to attract funds and skills from U.S. innovators to help India's burgeoning startup scene grow.
During his two-day stay in Silicon Valley, he would begin and conclude his engagements with the Indian-American community, the last one being an address to a crowd of over 18,500 Indian-Americans at the SAP Centre in San Jose.
Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it would cut 7,800 jobs and write down about $7.6 billion related to its Nokia handset business, which it acquired in 2014.
The Bangalore team will focus on product development and applied research in web search and online ad technologies.
Its latest member is a Frenchman. Bernard Arnault's fortune is now estimated at $100.4 billion.
Fadnavis had a series of very productive meetings with American CEOs
AirAsia will expand its network across ASEAN.
Many other Indians are heading the businesses at companies abroad.
Countries across the world -- from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada to Singapore and New Zealand, are witnessing phenomenal strides by Indian-origin politicians, who are now taking on influential and prominent roles in governments and cabinets.
'To all the MBAs that burn the candle at both ends, travel half-a-million miles every year, and spend little or no quality time with their families, the rise to riches of Mr Bikhchandani and Mr Banga, should be true inspiration,' notes Sandeep Goyal.
Jack Ma who had five years ago said he was inspired and excited by "Make in India" possibly understood the essence of the signature campaign better than some others and decided to stay away from India other than as an investor, says Nivedita Mookerji.
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 comes with a 12.3-inch display and runs on the Windows 10 operating system.
The Chinese President dethroned Russian President Vladimir Putin as the most influential person on the planet.
American inventor's thoughts about India is not being well received.
Stephen Elop, the former Nokia CEO who now runs Microsoft's devices business, showed off the phone in front of thousands at the company's annual employee meeting in Seattle on Monday.
Krishna's appointment as head of the global IT giant adds to the growing list of Indian-origin executives at the helm of some of the biggest multinational companies. Krishna joins the club that includes Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga, PepsiCo's former CEO Indra Nooyi and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen.
You will be part of fastest growing major global economy, India's ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringala told young American students.
The India centre, which is the seventh such facility for the company globally, will function as a satellite to Microsoft's Redmond-based Digital Crimes Unit.
Microsoft has had great success with Office 365, with over 1,200 customer win-backs over the last year and a half against Google apps.
Retail giants are looking at Indian start-ups in the big data and analytics space
"Indian-Americans are an 'organic bridge' between the world's two largest democracies," he said.
Duterte had consistently led the Time 100 Reader Poll, an online survey in which the publication had asked its readers to vote for who should be included in this year's Time 100 list of the world's most influential people.
Microsoft had acquired Nokia's phone business for $7.2 billion two years ago under its then CEO, Steve Ballmer.
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