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