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10 Famous Indians in Silicon Valley
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 00:22 IST |
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Romesh Wadwani
Wadwani is the chairman and CEO of Symphony Technology Group, a private equity firm. According to a survey by Forbes, he is the richest Indian American, with a net worth of 2 billion dollars.Wadhwani has been successful in raising the revenue of the company. With his leadership and management experience he has taken the company to greater heights in the technology industry with a total employee count of 15,000 in less than a decade. This California based company specializes in acquisition, growth capital, and turnaround transactions.
Wadwani is one among the two Indian Americans who pledged to give away half of his wealth to philanthropy, as a part of the campaign, ‘’ Giving Pledge’.
Wadhwani holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of technology, Bombay. After moving to U.S in the year 1969 he received an M.S and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University based in Pennsylvania.
