Laxman Narasimhan, new Starbucks boss, joins a growing list of Indian-origin CEOs leading global companies

Starbucks' new Chief Executive Officer Laxman Narasimhan,  a consumer-industry veteran and a Pune university engineering graduate, is the latest entrant to the expanding list of Indian-origin CEOs of top global firms.

The 55-year-old Narasimhan, who previously held top positions at Reckitt Benckiser Group and PepsiCo, will join the coffee giant on October 1.

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Here is a list of some of the Indian-origin CEOs who are leading top global firms:

1. Laxman Narasimhan - Starbucks
2. Parag Agrawal - Twitter
3. Satya Nadella - Microsoft
4. Sundar Pichai - Alphabet
5. Leena Nair - Chanel
6. Shantanu Narayen - Adobe
7. Arvind Krishna - IBM
8. Raghu Raghuram- VMWare
9. Shantanu Narayen - Adobe
10. Arvind Krishna - IBM
11. Raghu Raghuram- VMWare
12. George Kurian - Net app
13. Thomas Kurian - Google cloud
14. Vasant Narasimhan - Novartis
15. Puneet Renjen - Deloitte
16. CS Venkatakrishnan - Barclays
17. Sanjay Mehrotra - Micron Technology