Top 20 Overseas Indians
9. Vinod Khosla
Vinod Khosla is a business enterprise entrepreneur and influential personality in Silicon Valley who was recently included in the Forbes’ list of Indian-American Billionaires, with a net worth $1.3 billion. He is one among the co-founders of Sun Microsystems who worked as its first CEO and Chairman and later on got into a venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers as a general partner. He came up with his own firm Khosla Ventures in the year 2004 and is currently heading it. Forbes also regards him as the rare Silicon Valley venture capitalist who has the potential to produce profits from a clean tech portfolio.
10. Hinduja Brothers
Srichand, Prakash, Ashok, and Gopichand Hinduja, popularly known as Hinduja brothers are from one of the most elite business groups of India, Hinduja Brothers. Their business empire which is extended across diverse areas such as India, Europe, Middle East, U.S.A and Asia was founded in the year 1914 and within few years they have become successful in establishing themselves in the world of business. They have been honoured with many recognitions such as Lifetime Achievement Award instituted by the Asian Business Awards and Best Performing Global Call Center Provider Award presented by Global Services Awards in New York.