Top 20 Overseas Indians

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3. Indra Nooyi

Indra Nooyi, an Indian-origin American executive who hails from Chennai is the current Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo. Nooyi’s name appeared in the list of 50 women to watch in 2007 and 2008, according to a survey conducted by Wall Street Journal. Moreover, she was one among Time’s list of 100 most influential people in the world and she also bagged the top position of most powerful woman in business, by a ranking done by Forbes (2009 and 2010).

 

4. Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen, a well-renowned Indian economist recently made news by being honoured with the U.S. humanities medal by Barack Obama. He happens to be first Indian to have achieved this recognition, a medal which is usually awarded to U.S. nationals. He was awarded Nobel Prize in the year 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory. He is an exceptional example of an intellectual who has had an influential effect on politics and his works on the causes of famine is worth-mentioning.