Here is a list of Top Indians in Global Companies:
1. Vikram Pandit: is an Indian-born American who is the Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup. Born on 14 January 1957 in Nagpur, Vikram was born in an affluent Marathi family. He completed his schooling at the Dadar Parsee Youths Assembly High School in Dadar, Mumbai. He moved to the United States when he was sixteen years old, to study at Gannon University. He received a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science in 1976 and 1977 respectively and an M.B.A in 1980 followed by a Ph.D. in Finance from Columbia Business School in 1986. Vikram Pandit was a professor at Indiana University (Bloomington). He joined Morgan Stanley as an associate in 1983, one of the first Indians to join the company. On December 11, 2007, Pandit was named the new CEO of Citigroup. After posting five consecutive quarterly profit Citigroup announced $23.2m retention award to Vikram Pandit making him one of the highest paid CEOs.
2. Indira Nooyi: Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi is an Indian-born American executive and is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo. Indra Nooyi was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and India. She completed her schooling in Chennai. She received a Bachelor's degree in Physics,Chemistry and Maths from Madras Christian College in 1974 and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA) from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in 1976. Beginning her career in India, Nooyi held product manager positions at Johnson & Johnson and textile firm Mettur Beardsell. She was admitted to Yale School of Management in 1978 and earned a Master's degree in Public and Private Management.Nooyi joined PepsiCo in 1994 and was named president and CFO in 2001. Nooyi's total direct compensation in 2010 was $13.78 million, which included her salary of $1.3 million dollars, annual incentives of $3 million, stock option grants of $3.23 million and performance awards totaling $6.25 million. Indira Nooyi is among the highest paid CEO's.
3. Ajay Banga: Ajay Singh Banga Ajay Banga is the current president and chief executive officer of MasterCard. Banga was born in Sikh family in Khadki outside Pune, Maharashtra in India where his father, an army officer, was posted. He grew up and schooled across India, successively in Secunderabad, Jalandhar, Delhi, Hyderabad and in Shimla, where he finished his schooling. He went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University and is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Beginning his business career with Nestle in 1981, Banga spent the next 13 years in a variety of assignments spanning sales, marketing, and general management. He later joined Pepsico and was instrumental in the launch of its international fast food franchises in India. Prior to joining MasterCard, Banga spent 13 years at Citigroup from 1996, and held a variety of senior management roles in the United States and Europe, Middle East, Africa regions before becoming chairman and chief executive officer of Citi's international global consumer group in 2005. Banga is been paid around $2.15 million in salary and other allowances every year, with a one time benefit totaling about $15.9 million including a sign-on bonus of about $4.2 million.
4. Rakesh Kapoor: The India-born Kapoor has been named global CEO by UK-based Reckitt Benckiser (RB). The alumnus of Delhi`s Modern School, BITS Pilani and XLRI, Rakesh Kapoor worked with Reckitt Benckiser Groups for 25 years in India, the UK and northern Europe. He will replace Bart Becht from September 1, 2011. An MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur, Rakesh Kapoor played a key role in helping the group acquire Boots Healthcare International, SSL International Plc and India's Paras Pharmaceuticals. There is no Annual Compensation data available
5. Sara Mathew: Mathew holds a BS in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics from the Women's Christian College in Madras India, University of Madras, India, Master's Degree in Accounting from the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Xavier University. Sara Mathew has been the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Dun & Bradstreet Corp., since July 2007, January 1, 2010 and July 1, 2010 respectively. She served as Chief Financial Officer of Dun & Bradstreet Corp., from August 2001 to February 2007. She served as the President of D&B U.S. of Dun & Bradstreet Corp. Prior to join Dun & Bradstreet Corporation in 2001, she served in various positions at Procter & Gamble for 18 years, including Vice President of Finance for the ASEAN Region.
6. Shantanu Narayen: Shantanu Narayen is the current CEO of Adobe Systems. Prior to this post, he held the role as the President and Chief Operating Officer since 2005. He grew up in Hyderabad, India, the second son of a mother who taught American literature. He went to Hyderabad Public School in Hyderabad. Narayen holds a bachelor's degree in electronics engineering from Osmania University in India, MBA from the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley in 1993 and his master's degree in Computer Science from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. He started his career at Apple. After Apple, Narayen served as director of desktop and collaboration products for Silicon Graphics, then co-founded Pictra Inc., a company that pioneered the concept of digital photo sharing over the Internet.Narayen joined Adobe in 1998 as a senior Vice-President of worldwide product research, was later promoted to executive vice president of worldwide products, and appointed to his current post in January 2005 at the age of 41. On November 12, 2007, Adobe Systems announced in a press release that would step down from his role as Chief Executive Officer effective December 1, to be replaced by Shantanu Narayen. In 2011, US President Barack Obama has appointed Shantanu Narayen, President and CEO of Adobe Systems, as a member of his Management Advisory Board.
6. Sanjay Jha: Sanjay K. Jha born in 1963 is Chairman and CEO of Motorola Mobility and previous served as co-chief executive officer of Motorola, Inc. from 2008. Sanjay Jha was born in Sultanganj(bhagalpur) Bihar, the eastern state of India[2] He holds a Ph.D. in electronic and electrical engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. He received his bachelor of science degree in engineering from the University of Liverpool, England. Jha began his career at Qualcomm in 1994 as a senior engineer with the Qualcomm VLSI. Before joining Motorola, Sanjay Jha was COO of Qualcomm and president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT). As COO, Jha was overlooking Corporate Research and Development and Qualcomm Flarion Technologies (QFT) in addition to his role as president of QCT, the chipset and software division of Qualcomm Incorporated. On August 4, 2008 it was announced he would be the new CEO for the Motorola Mobile Devices business. As a Co-CEO of Motorola in 2008, Sanjay Jha earned a total compensation of $8,462,544, which included a base salary of $905,769, a $836,931 cash bonus.
7. Harish Manwani: Manwani graduated from Mumbai University. He also obtained Master's Degree in Management studies at Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) and studied Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. n 1976, Manwani joined the then Hindustan Lever Limited. He became a member of the board and took the responsibility of Personal Products business as Director. He also took care of business group in Central Asia and Middle East. He was appointed as the global COO for Unilever in June 2011.