Meet the world's top 10 Indian-origin CEOs

New Delhi: There are lots of Indian-origin CEOs who have made their mark in the American corporate world. The recent appointment of Hyderabad-born Satya Nadella as chief executive officer of technology giant Microsoft is a reflection of rising India's talent globally and it would inspire professionals across the world. Take a look at top ten head-honchos who are leading global corporation and have Indian roots. 10. Sanjay Kumar JhaBorn in Bihar in 1963, Sanjay Kumar Jha is the CEO of Global Foundries and was the former chairman and CEO of Motorola Mobility. He did B.S. in engineering from the University of Liverpool and a Ph.D. in Electronics engineering from the University of Strathclyde. On January 7, 2014 Sanjay Jha was appointed new CEO for Global Foundries.9. Sanjay MehrotraSanjay Mehrotra along with Dr. Eli Harari and Jack Yuan fonded SanDisk in 1988. An American multinational company, SanDisk designs, develops and manufactures flash memory storage solutions and software. Its products are sold in more than 100 countries and have the total revenue of $6.2 billion. In 2012, Thomson Reuters named Sandisk as one of the Top 100 global innovators. Sanjay Mehrotra, along with being the co-founder of SanDisk, has also been its CEO since 1st January, 2011. 8. Ajaypal Singh BangaCEO of MasterCard, Ajaypal Singh Banga, did his graduation with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University and MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He started his career with Nestle in 1981 where he worked for 13 years in marketing and general manangement. He later joined PepsiCo and Citigroup for the next thirteen years as the senior manager. Mastercard has more than 7000 employees around the world and has worth of $7.5 billion. Ajaypal Singh Banga was announced as the president and CEO of MasterCard on April 12th, 2010.7. Piyush GuptaPiyush Gupta started his career with Citibank in India in 1982. He has also served as Citi's Country Officer for Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore respectively. Presently, Piyush Gupta is Chief Executive Officer and Director of DBS Group, as well as Director of DBS' subsidiary companies. The largest bank in Southeast Asia, DBS, has a total Piyush Gupta is Chief Executive Officer and Director of DBS Group, as well as Director of DBS' subsidiary companies.6. Ajit JainGraduated from IIT Kharagpur and earned MBA degree from the Harvard School of Business in United States, Ajit Jain, is an Indian born president and Co-CEO of Berkshire Hathway worth $10 billion. According to the Forbes Global 2000 Berkshire Hathway is the ninth largest public company in the world. 5. Rakesh KapoorRakesh Kapoor is an Indian businessman and CEO of Reckitt Benckiser. An Anglo Dutch multinational consumer goods company, Reckitt Benckiser, has the worth of $16 billion. It is one of the biggest health, hygiene and home products. It operates in about 60 countries and its products are sold in more than 200 countries. Some of their world's largest selling products are Dettol, Strepsils, Veet, Air Wick, Durex, Lysol and Vanish.4. Ivan MenezesA British multinational alcoholic beverage company, Diageo, has Ivan Menezes as its CEO. Diageo, which has its headquarters in London has the worth of $19 billion. It is the world's largest producer of spirits and a big producer of beer and wine. Some of their popular products are Smirnoff, world's best selling vodka, Johnnie Walker, best selling Scotch whisky, Baileys, best selling liqueur and Guinness, best selling stout.3. Anshu JainAnshu Jain studied economics at DU's Shri Ram College of Commerce and had an MBA degree from the University of Massachusetts. He joined Deutsche Bank, a German banking and global service company, in July 201) and was announced as its CEO on June 1, 2012.2. Indra NooyiIndra Nooyi joined PepsiCo in 1994. Pepsico is the second largest food and beverage business in the world with net revenue of $66 billion. Indira Nooyi has been working as the CEO of PepsiCo since 2006 and the company employs more than 300,000 employees around the world. She has also been ranked 10th among Forbes World's top 100 most powerful women in 2013.1. Satya NadellaSatya Nadella worked with Sun Microsystems, as a member of its technology staff, prior to joining Microsoft in 1992. Satya Nadella was appointed as the CEO of one of the most valuable companies, Microsoft, On 4th February 2014. Previously, he was executive vice-president of Microsoft's Cloud and Enterprise group, responsible for building and running the company's computing platforms, developer tools and cloud services. Now Microsoft has become the biggest company, worth of $78 billion, to be headed by an Indian CEO. Some of the Microsoft products are Windows, Bing, Office, Skype, Xbox, Azure and Surface that are used worldwide.