Why So Many American CEOs Come From India

Many major American companies are run by Indian CEOs. How come so many come from India? David Rubenstein explains on "Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein."
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[@libshastra]

India's education system is not something Indians are proud of. Student suicide rates are some of the highest in the world (28 suicides a day), exams are over competitive and you really need to be lucky to be selected for admission any institute, let alone IIT. Outcomes are really poor too, students barely have a basic understanding of their subject, high school students are functionally illiterate. The entire system is a oppressive Darwinian petri dish of survival of the fittest. Calling it competitive is not the word I would use to describe it. Fun fact: Satya Nadella is not from IIT, he came from Manipal Institute of Technology, a private University.

[@avinashshah3679]

hii, you are right that Indian education system is bad, but when you go to high school it start to get competitive and most of them very high knowledgeable but the problem is that they cant use it because of massive rote learning , a high school 12th grade student of India preparing iit jee exam is comparable to a decent college student of Uk America or canada in b tech.

[@prashantgupta211]

A dislike for showing wrong map of india

[@avinashshah3679]

me too

[@JUST_CHILL_IN]

He showed the actual, real map of India as our map includes Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and Aksai-Chin, which we lost to China in 1960s in Sino-Indian War.

[@manh9105]

@@JUST_CHILL_IN - That map is real map. The current status is an aberration and will change in future. Just because someone stole something from us, does not make him/her its rightful owner

[@ChannelTerminatedbyYouTube]

Just enjoy video 🤦🏻‍♂️ No ones calling your country poor or street sh*tter 🙏🤣

[@nexovec]

Short, nicely done, informative.

[@user-lv1jk9qb9t]

Answer is DIversity Hires!

[@nexovec]

@@user-lv1jk9qb9t I hope not. I think it just comes to demographics. There is 3 times as many Indians as there are Americans. Which should mean about 3 times as many people who are qualified to do these jobs(in practice it's going to be slightly less, because India doesn't have the best living conditions). If these people are qualified and can travel to pursue career abroad, a lot of them are going to seize the chance. I say good for them.

[@rwnorris24]

Because India isn't Turkey.

[@richardlobo88]

what's up with turkey ?

[@Psyco-zx2ys]

​@@eternalsunshine313lol and you eat that right 🐸

[@WilliamLi-nd4lz]

@@eternalsunshine313 Its still a rampant problem in most of africa, and several asian countries. Back in 2018, 13 million people in China didnt have toilets, hence defecated in the open. This was also the case where I am from, Vietnam, Just 2 decades ago over 20% of the population defecated in the open. Those countries fixed the issue of basic sanitation as their economy grew and living standards improved. India is improving this issue at a significant rate. Back in 2015, 43% of the people in India did not have access to toilets. Today that figure has decreased to 14%. India will have successfully achieved 100% basic sanitation by 2028. You can ridicule developing countries all you want, if that makes your tiny incel brain feel better.

[@archit2894]

You've used wrong map of India, please change the map or blur it

[@CraptasticFail]

Kashmir does not belong to India

[@CCP-Lies]

It's the UN map

[@sanjoy1504]

Don't you read the history and behavior of UN in the past.​@@CCP-Lies

[@Deltamass]

found it a bit funny. People who dont manage to get into IIT get into Harvards and Stanfords relatively easily.. Presenter seems to brand it the other way around..

[@ravimahto3606]

Indian labour mindset still prevails, they just want to be servant not owner 😊. We pride being servants

[@vermillionemerald]

Great video! Now let’s finally learn how to pronounce some of these Indian names properly. Sad being the CEO of Google and having your name mispronounced. Just like we Americans have learned to pronounce pho “fuh” and not “pho” when we order at a Vietnamese restaurant. Sundar is not sundaaaahr… it’s “Suhnther” with a soft “th” not hard. Satya is not Sahtyaah… it’s “Suthyuh” with a harder “th” than with Sundar.

[@Show__Dont__Tell]

IT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER!!

[@Priya3]

@@Show__Dont__TellIt does because they are the most important people in the world. You won't understand because you are just a waste of oxygen and nothing else.

[@Show__Dont__Tell]

​@@Priya3 Everyone is equally important.

[@Priya3]

@@Show__Dont__Tell So everyone deserves respect. Everyone deserves to be called the way their parents intended them to be called.

[@Show__Dont__Tell]

@@Priya3 well it's important to be forgiving.

[@Hanmantkendre]

🙏🙏Religion and Dharma are two different things. Dharma is not a religious concept. Dharma is a knowledge based system. We are a society of seekers. Which makes us the greatest Civilisation ever known.

[@respondo]

Incredible India!

[@emilye.6527]

I think the real question is why are these American companies allowing this when there’s more than enough qualified Americans to become CEOs

[@bubuneowoo6161]

It's a ploy to use India to contain China. Capture the elites. In Africa, they even give them white women to marry! Do you think that the US will allow an Indian version of Microsoft, Google or Intel? Forever a vassal!

[@Littlepunk8964]

Too much wokeness in California... If your company is run by an Indian, the BLMs and the LGBTQs will bother you less.

[@RobinKaila-vh5vm]

Business reality sweetheart. Cream rises to the top.

[@linphilip6389]

I am happy to know many indians become CEOs of american companies but most of those are in tech firms. I hope you are able to rise in power in many other industries as well. Otherwise some people might think you are good at computer or maths only.

[@SunnyYadav-yq3eg]

Thats a sterotypes. Most doctors are also indians.

[@linphilip6389]

@@SunnyYadav-yq3eg Every country has doctors unless you mean many many american hospitals have indian doctors as CEOs running them.

[@chetanreddy7683]

Fedex is not a tech company. Raj is going to be fedex ceo and president

[@linphilip6389]

@@chetanreddy7683 Cool. I would like to see Indians being the CEOs of big companies running almost every industry including the traditional ones like agriculture, fashion, retail, manufacturing, transportation, etc.

[@dreadfulbodyguard7288]

Nothing wrong with this stereotype. This stereotype should be promoted more.

[@striker44]

India map is incorrect. Dumv journos on this channel. Get it right.

[@adityajain1024]

Cheer up iitians❤

[@pravin3870]

Even onlyfans ceo is also indian women💠

[@Show__Dont__Tell]

There is a huge difference between "Born in India" and "Made in India". My two cents to this video is they are "Born in India" (which tbh doesn't matter coz it wasn't your choice) but they are "Made in US" since they studied, worked super hard and built connections in the US after staying here for decades. So connecting India with CEO-ship is a simple statistical correlation and its emphasis I think is a complete mis-direction, and quite frankly an insult of their sheer hard work.

[@kevina5519]

I definitely agree with this .To be a ceo you have to have connections within that company that takes year to build by working your way to the top.Also a ceo resume has to be better then any other ceo because there a lot of qualified people that are applying for that job and top us colleges have to be on your resume.The connection to the founder and board members help also.

[@libshastra]

I would rather say the Indian CEOs are "Born in India", "Made in India" and "Reforged in the US". The work ethic and competitive spirit and being scrappy definitely comes from living in India. If you manage to graduate from India and make it to the US, you have successfully won the Darwinian game of being a student in India. The rest is exactly like you said.

[@footyshorts6323]

Umm not Really .. Indians Made USA Technology what it is today ( and that is from bottom to the top, at all levels of work and mangement ) Starting from low level engineer to the top CEO level All Tech Companies have more than 50 % Indians filling the vital roles. I'm from India and 7 of my own cousins work in the Silicon Valley and 3 of them have already made more than $1 Million before hitting the age of 30. Now the value they added to the companies was worth over $100 Million to their respective companies and they just got a very small share of it. Now if you just look at the IIT's ( Indian Institute of technology Delhi/Mumbai/Kanpur/Kharagpur/Madras etc. ), then they have produced more unicorn startup Founders than all Ivy League Combined in the entire world. But a Westerner will not know that. So they are not made in USA, they are 'Made by their Indian Parents' who believe excellence in whatever you do is the prime objective of life, and you can't waste and throwaway your life watching videos on the internet. Not a single white american will be able to clear the JEE Exam held in India for entrance to the IIT's in India. You gotta study 18 hours a day for 2 years straight and still 99.9 % Fail. The system in India strengthens you so much that everything feels like a breeze in the USA. Now coming to the question why India itself isn't able to create large tech companies like USA. 1. We do create many tech companies but most of them get bought by Google, Microsoft, Amazon etc. at very early stage. 2. There are already over 100 Unicorns in India and now India is almost the 2nd largest country in the world in creating Unicorn startups 3. For every country retaining the top 1 % of the talent is vital, But the top 1 % of Indian talent goes to the United States to develop the USA. 4. Indian Politicians don't have the sense to understand all of this and they have 50 IQ and Billions of Dollars in Corruption money and they suck the system and the resources dry in India. 5. Therefore, the talented Indians leave India for the U.S as they get a better deal in the USA ( better roads, better infrastructure, better schools, better freedom etc.

[@memeweather8150]

@@footyshorts6323 Don't let Zee News brain wash you :)

[@footyshorts6323]

@@memeweather8150 what is zee news

[@ushajadhav5405]

Correct indian map

[@JUST_CHILL_IN]

He showed the actual, real map of India as our map includes Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and Aksai-Chin, which we lost to China in 1960s in Sino-Indian War.

[@griwanrajbhandari1488]

Agreed with the analysis.

[@PuPuChangg]

They aren't inherent leaders, which makes them easy to control. Sundar Pichai and Neal Mohan are great examples of this. They get their orders and follow them, causing them to be hated while the puppet masters can do as they wish while their Ceos soak up the hate

[@melon6771]

Aayen? Baigan. Bhai aise to east asians ko zyada successful hona chahiye tha valley mein. They are more submissive and order adhering.

[@onyxpusa]

Chinese on H1b think of this a lot, and we’d like to think it’s because in addition to being good they ruthlessly support each other.

[@dreadfulbodyguard7288]

Chinese have good opportunities in motherland.

[@Vikas_Kumar_Singh]

Although I am happy for them I don't like that the brains that could have helped India pushed forward its economy and infrastructure is helping foreign nation rather than trying to become exporter of brains like European nations we became importer that's very bad deal

[@bollyfan1330]

If they stayed back in India their brains would have been wasted due to reservations. Recently the reservation folks from India sued Google saying that Sundar Pichai is CEO of Google only because he is high caste and discriminates against lower caste people. With this kind of attitude towards them even when they have left India, why do you expect them to stay in India?

[@JUST_CHILL_IN]

This won't contributes to our economy as they migrates to other developed countries like US 🇺🇲. If they does something special, their credits belongs to the developed countries but no their homeland as they settled there and got the citizenship from the developed country. This is called “Brain Drain”.

[@jarrodyuki7081]

no child policy for those below poverty and one child policy for those below median income.

[@javierjp8549]

Because there is a billion indians

[@kevina5519]

Exactly percentage wise they are no different then most countries.

[@prashanthraj3416]

There are also billion Chinese , Africans , Arabs but Indians are coming to the top positions.

[@kevina5519]

@@prashanthraj3416 What three people out of 1 billion that’s not great.

[@prashanthraj3416]

@@kevina5519 38 Ceo's in fortune 500. Average income of indian American is twice as much as Average American. But yes it's a huge brain drain for India a lot of our talent going overseas.

[@kevina5519]

@@prashanthraj3416 India has to provide opportunities over there for your talent not to leave.

[@viiiii8838]

Wrong map of india

[@PrabhatKumar-fn4vy]

Iit is very tough exam

[@chaseg8888]

Who cares,!people should worry about helping others making people lives better and making their lives better. ultimately CEO is a political job!

[@richardlobo88]

since when ?

[@chaseg8888]

@@richardlobo88 These people are not original founders or innovators, they are just managers went up the corporate ladder with their political and deplomatic skills.... they are no different from your street politician who gets votes and wins! These companies are already well established before these people became ceo's. Unfortunately there is no innovative indian Ceo all Jugaad ceos

[@jeannie7744]

Agreed

[@kingsukumar2164]

Satyam computers was stealing the world. Is the CEO still in jail in India or has he been given early way out ! John Nath Kapoor of Indian origin who was the founder of Insys Therapeutics is currently in jail in the US for committing fraud.

[@MrX-il2jt]

Brain drain

[@WilliamLi-nd4lz]

Yep

[@DN-xl3kq]

Hold my beer.

[@naeaf]

Many of these are just descendants of civil servants trained by the British. Also, many if the Gujaratis and Jains support the fascist govt.in India.

[@market_corleone]

Some replies cant be stupid enough but this one is. Congratulations.

[@gopalrathi9810]

🤣🤣🤣Indians will never support Woke liberal west gov period

[@darkknight2414]

when u need to somehow belittle India

[@GB-np9eq]

Congrats patriotic pakistani! your 0.0000000001 usd is deposited!!

[@romirbapat8281]

Modi is a democratically elected prime minister of India. Also, you saying they are descendants of civil servants reveals the fact that you have zero knowledge about what you are talking about.

[@user-lv1jk9qb9t]

diversity hires!

[@davidchipps]

I GOT A NEW RESPECT FOR INDIAN CULTURE DURING COVID WHEN MY TOILET BROKE AND I HAD TO SH*T IN MY BATHTUB.