Ramaswamy joins Satya Nadella (Microsoft), Sundar Pichai (Google), and others as yet another Indian-born CEO of a multinational corporation.On Thursday, Sridhar Ramaswamy was appointed CEO of Snowflake, a data cloud startup located in the United States, adding to the ever-growing roster of Indian-origin CEOs.
Ramaswamy, whose appointment is effective immediately, follows Frank Slootman, joining an illustrious roster that includes Satya Nadella (Microsoft) and Sundar Pichai (Google).
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Ramaswamy formerly worked with Google for almost 15 years (April 2003-October 2018). Pichai was appointed CEO in August 2015 and took over in October.
Below is a list of some Indian-origin CEOs and the companies/organizations they lead:
Sundar Pichai (Google parent Alphabet; since October 2015)
Neal Mohan (YouTube, since February 2023)
Ajay Banga (President, World Bank, since May 2023)
Nikesh Arora (Palo Alto Networks, since June 2018)
Arvind Krishna (IBM, since April 2020)
Shantanu Narayen (Adobe, since December 2007)
Laxman Narasimhan (Starbucks, since April 2023)
Vasant Narasimhan (Novartis, since September 2017)
Sanjay Mehrotra (Micron Technology, since May 2017)
George Kurian (NetApp, since June 2015)
Vivek Sankaran (Albertsons, since April 2019)
Jayshree Ullal (Arista Networks, since October 2008)
Vimal Kapur (Honeywell, since June 2023)
Revathi Advaithi (Flex, since February 2019)
Niraj Shah (Wayfair, since August 2002)
Leena Nair (Chanel, since January 2022)
Ravi Kumar S (Cognizant, since January 2023)
Anirudh Devgan (Cadence Design Systems, since December 2021)
Reshma Kewalramani (Vertex Pharmaceuticals, since April2020)
Raj Subramaniam (FedEx, since June 2022)
Anjali Sud (Tubi, since September 2023)
Devika Bulchandani (Ogilvy, since September 2022)
Jay Chaudhary (Zscaler, since October 2007)