Indian CEOs Among Global 500 CEOs Playing Big In Strange Lands


2. Muhtar Kent , Coca-Cola
Company headquarters: U.S.
CEO's home country: Turkey

Kent has been a traveler since his childhood itself as his father was a Turkish diplomat. Muhtar was born in the New York City and pursued his education in Turkey and the UK and gradually paved his way towards Atlanta and joined Coca Cola.

He was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Company in 2008 and became Chairman of the Board in 2009. Kent used his global experiences and contacts well to stem the operations of Coke in Central Asia and Eastern Europe at different points in his career at the company.

3. Carlos Brito , Anheuser-Busch InBev
Company headquarters: Belgium
CEO's home country: Brazil

Born in Rio de Janeiro, he holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and an MBA from Stanford University business school.

Brito has a rich experience in many reputed companies in many countries like Shell Oil and Daimler Benz before joining, in 1989, Brazilian beer and soft drinks company Brahma,which, in 1999, merged with Companhia Antarctica Paulista to form AmBev.

Carlos Brito took responsibilities of the helm of beverage giant Anheuser-Busch-InBev after the 2008 merger between Brazilian-Belgiian InBev and American beer giant Anheuser-Busch. Anheuser-Busch InBev has business in over 30 countries and sales in over 130 countries.

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