10 Most Powerful Indians in U.S. Tech Firms
#4: Neal Mohan, Google, Vice President, Display Advertising Products: Indian origin man, Neal graduated from Stanford University, with a degree in Electrical engineering. He also has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. Before he joined Google, he held many responsibilities in various Companies. He worked as a Senior Analyst in Accenture, as Director in CipIn, Manager-Corporate Strategy in Microsoft, and served as SVP, Strategy and Product Management in Double Click. He came into Google when it acquired Double Click.
Neal Mohan is responsible for Google’s display advertising. It includes AdSense, AdMob, Ad Exchange, InviteMedia, AdMeld and suite of Double Click products. He has focused on growing the overall industry by bringing innovative solutions to Google’s advertiser and publisher partners around the world. Google is so fond of him that Neal was paid 100$ million to stay and not join twitter.
#5: Shantanu Narayen, Adobe, President and CEO: Born and brought up in India, Narayen went on to do his BS in electronics engineering from Osmania University, India, an MBA from University of California, Berkeley, and also holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from Bowling Green State University, Ohio. In 1998 he Co-founded Pictra Incorporation and later also served as a Director of Desktop and Collaboration Products at Silicon Graphics, and also held various senior management positions at Apple Computers.
Shantanu Narayen is currently serving as the president and CEO of Adobe, which is one of the world’s largest and most diversified software companies. Narayen’s leadership, technology insight and operational expertise have strengthened Adobe’s culture of innovation, expanded the company into new markets, and extended its product portfolio and global reach. In 2009, Narayen led the $1.8 billion acquisition of Omniture, expanding Adobe’s ability to help customers measure and optimize the value of online experiences, content and applications.
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