Top India Origin CEO’s in the World: FAQs

Q. Which Indian CEO has highest salary?

Highest paid CEO in India is reported to be Thierry Delaporte of Wipro. He earned around ₹82.4 crore for FY23.

Q. Who is the youngest CEO in India?

Youngest India CEO are Shravan and Sanjay Kumaran who founded their company “GoDimensions” at the age of 8 and 10 only.

Q. Which country has more CEO?

USA has most number if CEOs in top 100 organization, China comes at number 2 spot and India is number 3 on the list.

Q. Who is Google CEO?

Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google and Alphabet. He became CEO in 2015 after successfully leading various product developments.

Q. Who is top 10 CEO of India?

• Sundar Pichai – CEO of Alphabet & Google
• Satya Nadella – CEO of Microsoft
• Leena Nair – CEO of Chanel
• Arvind Krishna – CEO of IBM
• Shantanu Narayen – CEO of Adobe Systems
• Nikesh Arora – CEO of Palo Alto Networks
• Pawan Munjal – CEO of Hero MotoCorp
• Jayshree Ullal – CEO of Arista Networks
• George Kurian – CEO of NetApp
• Laxman Narasimhan – CEO of Starbucks

Q. How many CEOs are Indian?

There are 35 Indian Origin CEO of Fortune 500 Companies.

Q. Who is the 13 year old CEO of India?

Tilak Mehta is founder and CEO of “Paper n Parcels“, he founded the company at young age of 13.

Q. Is any girl CEO in India?

Yes, there are several Girl CEOs in India, some of the big names include:

• Roshni Nadar Malhotra – CEO of HCL Technologies
• Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw – CEO of Biocon
• Falguni Nayar – CEO of Nykaa
• Shobana Kamineni – CEO of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited
• Priya Agarwal – CEO of Flexile
• Vineeta Gupta – CEO of MyGlamm
• Ghazal Alagh – CEO of Mamaearth
• Anjali Sud – CEO of Vimeo
• Amrapali Gan – CEO of FORTUNE Media Group
• Jayshree Ullal – CEO of Arista Networks

The 21st Century is an Indian Century, we can see Indians leading the world in different sectors. Check out Top Indian CEO, governing Top Companies of the World

While brain drain is seen as one of the major issues in a developing country like India that struggles hard to retain the best of talents, it is indeed a matter of pride when Indian origin individuals achieve extraordinary success, especially outside the country cementing their position as most influential CEOs in the world.

Silicon Valley of the United States seems to be dominated by the Indians in terms of employment and in recent times, corporate leaderships as well. Most of the observations rule in favor of the fact that the Indian schooling system’s major focus stays on Mathematics and Science which becomes a plus for those who opt to go abroad for further studies to enhance their skills. 

Anyway, when it comes to being in leadership positions, the Indian CEOs of world-famous companies have always presented an example of how to be a successful, sensible, and gentle leader at the same time. We will read about the Top Indian CEOs in the world:

Here is a list of the top 10 Indian-origin CEOs in the world, along with their companies:

1. Sundar Pichai – CEO of Google and Alphabet
2. Satya Nadella – CEO of Microsoft
3. Leena Nair – CEO of Chanel
4. Arvind Krishna – CEO of IBM
5. Shantanu Narayen – CEO of Adobe Systems
6. Nikesh Arora – CEO of Palo Alto Networks
7. Pawan Munjal – CEO of Hero Motocorp
8. Jayshree Ullal – CEO of Arista Networks
9. George Kurian – CEO of NetApp
10. Laxman Narasimhan – CEO of Starbucks