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  Mohnish Pabrai is a successful Indian-American investor. He famously paid $650,000 (about ₹5.5 crore today) to have lunch with Warren Buffett. Pabrai founded Pabrai Investment Funds in 1999, which now manages over $1 billion and has grown by 517%. His own net worth is estimated at ₹1,202.7 crore. Born in Bombay - India, on June 12, 1964, Mohnish Pabrai later moved to the USA. He currently stays in Irvine - California. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Clemson University and an MBA from the University of California. He started his career as a software engineer and later transitioned into entrepreneurship. His early career started in the tech industry, where he worked for several prominent firms, including Tellabs. He also served as a consultant and investment banker at McKinsey & Company and Goldman Sachs. He founded TransTech Inc., an IT consulting firm, which he later sold for $20 million (Today’s 171 crores) to Kurt Salmon Associates in 1999....

Ever heard of Neal Mohan? In 2011, Google offered him a staggering $100 million – approximately ₹ 450 crores – just to stop him from defecting to Twitter. Today, he leads YouTube as its Chief Executive Officer. His parents belong to Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. His father, Aditya Mohan, is an IIT-Kharagpur alumnus who moved to the United States in early 1970s to pursue PhD in Civil Engineering. Neal was born in Lafayette (Indiana State of USA) on July 14, 1973. He spent majority of his formative years in America. Later his parents returned to India in 1985. Neal was enrolled in St. Francis School in Lucknow in 1986. It was a dramatic change for him. A kid brought up in USA struggled to speak and learn Hindi. He studied there till Class XII before joining Stanford University for a BSc in Electrical Engineering. At St. Francis, Neal Mohan met some of the best friends of his life and he had a little software start-up which built software for other high school kids and teachers. That...

  Vaibhav Taneja sent shockwaves around the globe after he earned approximately Rs. 1195 crores as the total compensation from Tesla in 2024. This record-breaking salary has surpassed the high-profile tech leaders like  Satya Nadella  (approx. 680 crores) and  Sundar Pichai (approx. 92 crores). He currently serves as the CFO of Tesla and earns more than Rs. 13 lakh per hour. His journey from Delhi University to become the CFO of Tesla is both surprising as well as inspiring. It is the symbol of excellence and global achievement. His pay package includes the stock options and equity grants that he received after his promotion as CFO in 2023. Born in 1977 and raised in Delhi (India ), Vaibhav Taneja comes from a middle-class family. He doesn’t even have an Ivy-League degree. But he loved numbers. His methodical mind and his disciplined approach changed his fortune. Vaibhav Taneja earned his B.Com from Delhi University in 1999. He later became a Chartered Accountan...

Life, at its core, is a tapestry woven from the threads of our decisions. As Satya Narayana Nadella, the chairman and CEO of Microsoft, wisely puts it, "Life is a matter of choices, and every choice that you make….makes you.” Born in Hyderabad on 19 August 1967, Nadella hails from a Hindu family. His mother Prabhavati was a Sanskrit lecturer and his father Yugandhar was an IAS officer. The family's roots are traced back to Nadella village in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district (now Palnadu) from where Sayta’s grandfather had migrated to Bukkapuram. Nadella attended Hyderabad Public School in Begumpet. Interestingly, he failed to secure an IIT seat and did his BE in electrical engineering from the Manipal Institute of Technology in Karnataka instead. He went on to earn an MS in computer science from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Nadella still serves on the board of trustees to the University of Chicago. Before joining Micr...

  Sundar Pichai: CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google Sundararajan Pichai was born on June 10, 1972, in Chennai. Raised in a modest two-room apartment of Ashok Nagar neighborhood, Pichai’s early life was simple and disciplined. His father (Regunatha Pichai) worked as an electrical engineer and his mother (Lakshmi) was a stenographer.   Sundar’s earlier studied from Jawahar Vidyalaya and later from Vana Vani; both of which are respected schools in Chennai. His academic brilliance earned him a place at the prestigious IIT Kharagpur, where he graduated with a degree in Metallurgical Engineering and was awarded the institute’s coveted gold medal for academic excellence. Following IIT, he won a scholarship to Stanford University. There he completed his M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering. Sundar earned his MBA from the Wharton School. Sundar Pichai’s professional journey began with McKinsey & Company as a management consultant. In 2004, he joined Google. In 20...

  Divya Narendra is best known for his role in the early development of Facebook and his later ventures. While this entrepreneur and technology innovator is not as widely recognized as some of his contemporaries, his influence on the social media landscape is undeniable. Through his work and determination, Narendra contributed to the creation of one of the world's largest social networking platforms, and has since embarked on various other business endeavors. Born in 1982, Divya Narendra grew up in the United States, where he attended prestigious institutions. Narendra was known to be deeply interested in technology and business right from his formative years. He went on to study Computer Science at Harvard University, which is where his entrepreneurial journey actually began. In 2002, while at Harvard, Divya Narendra co-founded a social networking platform called "HarvardConnection" alongside his fellow students, Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss. The platform ...

  The Merchant Navy is a perfect career for brave-hearts who yearn for adventure and money. The private and public sectors shipping companies offer the most lucrative careers in merchant navy with handsome salaries. Today, over 90 per cent of cargo is transported across the world through ships. With the spread of globalization,  Merchant Navy  will create some of the most promising jobs in days to come. The big plus of this profession is that you are working and travelling simultaneously; exploring new ports and countries around the globe. You get long vacations after your long assignments. And you can retire at the age of 30 with your pockets full. The starting salary of 50K per month can reach up to 15 lakh per month depending upon your job profile. An estimated 7% of the world’s mariners come from India. The top recruiters in Merchant Navy are  Maersk Line,  Essar Shipping Ltd, ABG Shipyard, Mercator Ltd, and the Shipping Corporation of India. You can a...