Huge Applause For Indian Talent After Parag Agrawal, 37, Named Twitter CEO
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Indian CEOs won hearty applause on Twitter soon after it was revealed that Parag Agrawal, an IIT Bombay graduate, would take over after Jack Dorsey.
Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal, 37, joins a growing club of Indians heading global tech giants. Almost all prominent tech companies are headed by Indians, especially IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) alums and the list was widely shared on social media. Google, Microsoft, Adobe, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, and now Twitter run by CEOs who grew up in India. Wonderful to watch the amazing success of Indians in the technology world and a good reminder of the opportunity America offers to immigrants. ???????????????? (Congrats, @paraga!) USA benefits greatly from Indian talent! This is one pandemic that we are happy & proud to say originated in India. It's the Indian CEO Virus... No vaccine against it. ???? https://t.co/Dl28r7nu0u Another great moment for India's depth of talent and USA's meritocracy system. Congrats @paraga on your unanimous selection as CEO. You will do @Twitter & @jack proud. After Microsoft, Google, IBM, Adobe, Flex, VMware and more, yet another Indian rises to lead the digital world. https://t.co/KmVbzHlAma What do MicroSoft, Google, Adobe, IBM, Micron, Master Card and now Twitter have in common?All are led by CEOs who grew up in India!Congratulations to @paraga who's been chosen as the CEO of Twitter Indian Origin Parag Agrawal to take over as CEO of Twitter.And now:Twitter- Parag AgarwalGoogle - Sundar PichaiMicrosoft - Satya NadellaIBM - Arvind KrishnaAdobe- Shantanu NarayenVMWare - Raghu Raghuram pic.twitter.com/zItL2C96Bn
Indian CEOs won hearty applause on Twitter soon after it was revealed that Parag Agrawal, an IIT Bombay graduate, would take over after Jack Dorsey.
One of the first to put it out was Stripe CEO Patrick Collison.
"Google, Microsoft, Adobe, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, and now Twitter run by CEOs who grew up in India. Wonderful to watch the amazing success of Indians in the technology world and a good reminder of the opportunity America offers to immigrants. (Congrats, @paraga!)," Mr Collison tweeted.
