NRI’S
1.Arun Sarin:
The CEO(Chief Executive Officer) of the Britian-based telecom major Vodafone Group plc., Arun Sarin was born on October 21, 1954 at Panchmari, Madhya Pradesh. After doing his schooling from the military boarding school in Bangalore, Arun graduated from IIT Kharagpur in 1975. During his school and IIT days, he excelled in studies, sports and various extracurricular activities. Thereafter, he moved to the United States where he did his MS in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1977, going on to complete an MBA from the same university in 1978. The same year he started his career with a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm. In 1981 he moved on to Natomas as a corporate development manager. He started his telecom career in 1984, when he joined the Pacific Telesis Group in San Francisco. The year 1995 saw Arun Sarin launching a new wireless-communications company with his mentor Sam Ginn. Arun Sarin served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of AirTouch from 1997 to 1999. The year 1999 saw AirTouch and Vodafone merging to form Vodafone-AirTouch, where he became the chief executive. Arun Sarin resigned from Vodafone-AirTouch in 2000 and became the CEO at InfoSpace, an Internet infrastructure company. He moved away from Infospace in July 2001 and started a telecommunications company called Accel-KKR Telecom. In 2003, Arun became the CEO of Vodafone. He became the CEO of Vodafone after its takeover driven expansion phase between 1999 and 2002. He has focused his energies on emerging markets like India. Under his stewardship, Vodafone successfully bid U$11.1 billion for a majority stake in the Indian mobile operator, Hutch.
The CEO(Chief Executive Officer) of the Britian-based telecom major Vodafone Group plc., Arun Sarin was born on October 21, 1954 at Panchmari, Madhya Pradesh. After doing his schooling from the military boarding school in Bangalore, Arun graduated from IIT Kharagpur in 1975. During his school and IIT days, he excelled in studies, sports and various extracurricular activities. Thereafter, he moved to the United States where he did his MS in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1977, going on to complete an MBA from the same university in 1978. The same year he started his career with a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm. In 1981 he moved on to Natomas as a corporate development manager. He started his telecom career in 1984, when he joined the Pacific Telesis Group in San Francisco. The year 1995 saw Arun Sarin launching a new wireless-communications company with his mentor Sam Ginn. Arun Sarin served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of AirTouch from 1997 to 1999. The year 1999 saw AirTouch and Vodafone merging to form Vodafone-AirTouch, where he became the chief executive. Arun Sarin resigned from Vodafone-AirTouch in 2000 and became the CEO at InfoSpace, an Internet infrastructure company. He moved away from Infospace in July 2001 and started a telecommunications company called Accel-KKR Telecom. In 2003, Arun became the CEO of Vodafone. He became the CEO of Vodafone after its takeover driven expansion phase between 1999 and 2002. He has focused his energies on emerging markets like India. Under his stewardship, Vodafone successfully bid U$11.1 billion for a majority stake in the Indian mobile operator, Hutch.
2.Amar Bose:
The founder and chairman of the Bose Corporation, Amar Bose was born on November 2, 1929. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his father, Nani Gopal Bose, was an Indian freedom fighter who had fled to the United States to avoid being persecuted by the British police in India. Amar Bose obtained a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). During the World War II, Amar Bose took the help of some of his school friends and started repairing model trains and home radios to increase his family's income. He went to Eindhoven, Netherlands where he spent a year. He then spent a year in India as a Fulbright student. Upon his return to MIT as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Bose invented a stereo loudspeaker with brilliant acoustic qualities. He founded his company in 1964 and the rest is history. Today, the Bose Corporation is a byname for quality which manufactures top-end products for homes, cars professional audio systems and conducts basic research in acoustics, automotive systems and other areas. Amar Bose was a Professor of electrical engineering at MIT for many years until his retirement in Fall 2000. He has earned many awards including the Inventor Of The Year award in 1997 and the Distinguished Service Citation in 2007. Amar Bose was listed on the 2006 Forbes 400 with an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion.
The founder and chairman of the Bose Corporation, Amar Bose was born on November 2, 1929. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his father, Nani Gopal Bose, was an Indian freedom fighter who had fled to the United States to avoid being persecuted by the British police in India. Amar Bose obtained a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). During the World War II, Amar Bose took the help of some of his school friends and started repairing model trains and home radios to increase his family's income. He went to Eindhoven, Netherlands where he spent a year. He then spent a year in India as a Fulbright student. Upon his return to MIT as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Bose invented a stereo loudspeaker with brilliant acoustic qualities. He founded his company in 1964 and the rest is history. Today, the Bose Corporation is a byname for quality which manufactures top-end products for homes, cars professional audio systems and conducts basic research in acoustics, automotive systems and other areas. Amar Bose was a Professor of electrical engineering at MIT for many years until his retirement in Fall 2000. He has earned many awards including the Inventor Of The Year award in 1997 and the Distinguished Service Citation in 2007. Amar Bose was listed on the 2006 Forbes 400 with an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion.
3.Lakshmi Nivas Mittal:
Lakshmi Nivas Mittal was born on June 15, 1950 in Sadulpur, Rajasthan, India and is presently the CEO & Chairman of Arcelor Mittal. Lakshmi Nivas Mittal was listed in the Forbes List of Billionaires in 2006 as the the richest Indian and the fifth richest man in the world with an estimated wealth around of $25.0 billion and is the richest man in the United Kingdom. Young Lakshmi Nivas Mittal spent his first years in Sadulpur, before his father moved to Kolkata. Lakshmi graduated from St. Xavier's College, Calcutta. He founded Mittal Steel in 1976, which soon became a global steel producer with operations on 14 countries. His success mantra lies in the identification, acquisition and turnaround of many loss making steel companies all across the world. In 1994, he took over the international operations of his family's steel business. Arcelor Mittal is presently the world's largest producer of low and mid-grade steels, with operations in Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, South Africa, Poland, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Kazakhstan and many other countries. Mittal is considered to be close to the British Prime Minister Tony Blair and has donated large sums of money to the Labour party coffers. He bought his residence at 18-19 Kensington Palace Gardens from Formula One car racing boss Bernie Ecclestone in 2004 for £57.1 million ($105.7 million), the highest-ever price paid for a house. His son Aditya is the CFO(Chief Financial Officer) of Arcelor Mittal. Mr. Mittal has been nominated as a member of the Foreign Investment Council in Kazakhstan, the International Investment Council in South Africa, the World Economic Forum's International Business Council, besides being a Director of ICICI Bank Limited and being on the Advisory Board of the Kellogg School of Management in the United States.
Lakshmi Nivas Mittal was born on June 15, 1950 in Sadulpur, Rajasthan, India and is presently the CEO & Chairman of Arcelor Mittal. Lakshmi Nivas Mittal was listed in the Forbes List of Billionaires in 2006 as the the richest Indian and the fifth richest man in the world with an estimated wealth around of $25.0 billion and is the richest man in the United Kingdom. Young Lakshmi Nivas Mittal spent his first years in Sadulpur, before his father moved to Kolkata. Lakshmi graduated from St. Xavier's College, Calcutta. He founded Mittal Steel in 1976, which soon became a global steel producer with operations on 14 countries. His success mantra lies in the identification, acquisition and turnaround of many loss making steel companies all across the world. In 1994, he took over the international operations of his family's steel business. Arcelor Mittal is presently the world's largest producer of low and mid-grade steels, with operations in Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, South Africa, Poland, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Kazakhstan and many other countries. Mittal is considered to be close to the British Prime Minister Tony Blair and has donated large sums of money to the Labour party coffers. He bought his residence at 18-19 Kensington Palace Gardens from Formula One car racing boss Bernie Ecclestone in 2004 for £57.1 million ($105.7 million), the highest-ever price paid for a house. His son Aditya is the CFO(Chief Financial Officer) of Arcelor Mittal. Mr. Mittal has been nominated as a member of the Foreign Investment Council in Kazakhstan, the International Investment Council in South Africa, the World Economic Forum's International Business Council, besides being a Director of ICICI Bank Limited and being on the Advisory Board of the Kellogg School of Management in the United States.
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