In Pics | Indian-origin CEOs of global companies

From Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella to Parag Agarwal, here we list the Indian-origin Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) who run some of the most powerful companies in the world.

Pune University engineering graduate Laxman Narasimhan is the latest name to enter the long list of Indian-origin executives who are heading some of the world’s biggest companies. He has been named the new CEO of coffee giant Starbucks. Credit: Twitter/lakslnarasimhan

Leena Nair, who was the first female and youngest-ever Chief Human Resources Officer of Anglo-Dutch FMCG major Unilever, was appointed as the CEO of French luxury fashion house Chanel in December 2021. Credit: Special Arrangement

In December 2021, global IT firm Veeam appointed Anand Eswaran as their CEO. Credit: Twitter/anandeswaran

Parag Agarwal, an IIT graduate from Mumbai, was appointed as Twitter CEO in November 2021 after Jack Dorsey announced his exit. Credit: Twitter/paraga

Arvind Krishna, another IIT graduate from Kanpur was appointed as CEO of the world's oldest technology company, the IBM Group, in January 2020. Credit: Twitter/ArvindKrishna

Jayshree Ullal has been president and CEO of Arista Networks, a computer networking firm, since 2008. Credit: Special Arrangement

After an impressive career at SanDisk Corporation, Sanjay Mehrotra took charge of Micron Technology as its CEO in May 2017. Credit: Twitter/MicronCEO

Satya Nadella succeeded Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO in 2014. He is only the third leader in the company's 39-year history. Credit: Reuters Photo

Madras-born Pichai Sundarajan, also known as Sundar Pichai, was appointed as the CEO of search engine giant Google in 2015. Credit: Reuters Photo

Shantanu Narayen has been the CEO of Adobe, one of the largest and most diversified software companies in the world, since December 2007. Credit: ANI Photo