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April-2000  issue
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It is late on a Wednesday evening. Jay Chaudhry is still in his office, trying to clear his desk. It is close to eight, and the phone hasn’t stopped ringing. He ducks a call but takes another, and draws comfort from the fact that he is... more>>
Cover Feature
Satish Sanan Age 50 years Place of Birth Batala, Punjab Residence Clearwater, Florida Family Wife Anne and... more>>
Many entrepreneurs experienced a point in their life where they “turned” entrepreneur. Others are genetic entrepreneurs;... more>>
Age 54 Place of Birth Rawalpindi, Pakistan Residence Monte Sereno, CA Family Wife and two children Came to the... more>>
Age 39 Place of Birth Kumbakonam (Tamil Nadu) Residence Cupertino, CA Family Wife Sukanya and 3 children... more>>
Age 46 years Place of Birth Hamirpur (U.P.) India Residence Los Altos Hills, CA Family Married with two children... more>>
Age 50 years Place of Birth Patiala Residence San Mateo, CA Family Wife Ruth, daughter Anjali, 18;son Kashi,... more>>
Age 41 years Place of Birth Chennai Residence Redwood City, CA Family Wife and two kids Came to the U.S. 1981... more>>
Sanjiv Sidhu, 41-year-old entrepreneur, co-creator and CEO of i2 Technologies, has been ranked in Forbes’ listing of the... more>>
Bharat Desai and Neerja Sethi are one of only a few husband-and-wife duos that are together in business. While still students... more>>
Age 40 Place of Birth Punjab Residence California Family Wife, Son 10, Daughter 15 Education B.S, University... more>>
Vinod Dham is popularly known as the “Father of the Pentium chip” developed by microprocessing giant Intel. Few... more>>
All around us, we are witnessing the creation of tremendous, nearly incredible amounts of new wealth. This phenomenon is... more>>
The Guptas are often touted as a model couple in Silicon Valley, but they also seem of a bygone era. They are both... more>>
Age 36 Place of Birth Karachi, Pakistan Residence Saratoga, CA Family Wife and two sons Came to the U.S. 1981... more>>
Vinod Khosla is considered one of the most influential personalities in Silicon Valley. Most call him a visionary, pointing... more>>
If MicroStrategy were started in Silicon Valley, it would have turned out a lot different — as would its founders, Sanju... more>>
Vijay Vashee is a father who enjoys snowboarding with his sons, playing golf and doing “stuff with my wife — for... more>>
Age 53 Place of Birth Idrishpur village in Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh Residence Los Altos, CA Family Wife... more>>
Gunjan Sinha Age 33 Place of Birth Ranchi, Bihar Residence Mountain View, CA Family in India Came to the... more>>
Age 56 Place of Birth Mysore (India) Residence Los Altos Hills, California Family Wife Vijaya, daughter Ranjini... more>>
Age 51 Place of Birth Meerut Residence Atherton, CA Family Wife Poonam and two children Came to the U.S. 1970... more>>
Age 44 Place of Birth Muktsar ((Faridkot), Punjab Residence Phoenix, AX Family Chandigarh Came to the U.S.... more>>
Vivek Ranadive — founder, chairman and CEO of Tibco Software, Inc. — calls his fledgling company a plumber for the Net.... more>>
Age 43 Place of Birth Bangalore, India Residence Silicon Valley, CA Family Wife and 2 children, 3 brothers and mother... more>>
Age 43 Place of Birth Hyderabad Residence Los Altos Hills, CA Family Wife and son Came to the U.S. 1977... more>>
Age 43 Place of Birth Delhi Residence Los Altos Hills, CA Family Wife, 2 kids, 2 dogs Came to the U.S. 1978... more>>
A successful company with great products, a strong brand name and good growth rate. Yet, despite all this, here’s one company... more>>
Age 34 Place of Birth Munnar, India Residence Burlingame, CA Family Wife Came to the U.S. 1988 Education... more>>
You won’t believe this. Which is why you should check it out yourself. Go to Yahoo.com and run a search for “Srinija... more>>
Age 53 Place of Birth Mumbai Residence CA Family Married Came to the U.S. 1965 Education B.S. (Engg. &... more>>
Age 45 Place of Birth Chennai Residence San Francisco Family Wife and 2 daughters Came to the U.S. 1976... more>>
Have you ever wondered how companies get their names? Pradeep Sindhu, chief technology officer and founder of Juniper... more>>
Suhas Patil is among the most erudite technopreneurs in Silicon Valley. For years he was an assistant professor of... more>>
Age 48 Place of Birth Residence Great Falls, VA Family Wife and 2 Children Came to the U.S. 1971 Education... more>>
Age 40 Place of Birth Kanpur Residence Los Altos, CA Family Wife Ruma, 7-year-old son Akash, 5-year-old daughter... more>>
Sunil Wadhwani Age 47 Place of Birth Mumbai Residence Pittsburgh, PA Family Wife Nita and children, Shalina and... more>>
Age 55 Place of Birth Sylhet, Bangladesh (came to India as a refugee in 1952) Residence Monroe, CT Family Wife and two... more>>
Age 37 Years Place of Birth Colombo, Sri Lanka Residence Long Island, NY Family (no comment) Came to the U.S.... more>>
Sreekanth Ravi Age 34 Place of Birth Hyderabad Residence Los Altos Hills, CA Family Single Came to the U.S.... more>>
Age 40 Place of Birth Meerut Residence Medina, WA Family Wife and 3 children Came to the U.S. 1982... more>>
Age 49 years Place of Birth Zanzibar, Tanzania Residence Toronto, Canada Family Married with three children (26, 21 &... more>>
From millions to billions! That’s how many perceive Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande today. But earning claim to the title of... more>>
Hatim Tyabji is not an entrepreneur. He is a manager and known as a radical one at that. What he did at VeriFone, which... more>>
As I look back now on the successes Indians have achieved in the United States since my own arrival in 1967, it gives me... more>>
Age 40 years Place of Birth Uganda Residence Silicon Valley Family - Wife Lata Krishnan Came to the U.S. 1980... more>>
Age 31 Place of Birth Chandigarh, India Residence San Francisco, California Family Single Came to the U.S.... more>>
In a 1998 article, the Washington Post called the husband and wife duo of Rajendra and Neera Singh an “extremely... more>>
Age 44 years Place of Birth Anand, India Residence Dover, New Hampshire Family Wife: Tejal, 2 Boys: Kush (12), Shail... more>>
Age 50 Place of Birth Lahore, Pakistan Residence Silicon Valley Family Wife, a son (22 years old) and a daughter... more>>
Age 40 Place of Birth India Residence Massachusetts Family - Came to the U.S. 1980 Education M.Eng from... more>>
It’s surprising that two men with such different interests and talents have managed to come together as one force to make... more>>
When I look at Silicon Valley Indians, I do so with great pride and satisfaction. The “Silicon Warriors,” as I like to... more>>
Career Advice
I have an MBA and over two years of finance related experience, currently I'm doing a Visual Basic 5 and Oracle 8i course.... more>>
Openfile
As we present to you si 50 – the annual list of the 50 wealthiest South Asians in high-tech in the US — we found... more>>
Inbox
AMAZING SUCCESS I was born in England, moved here in 1981 and I have seen the industry grow from nothing to several billion... more>>
Sam Pitroda Column
I recently had the opportunity to address a conference of IT ministers in Delhi, at which the Chief Ministers of Delhi and... more>>