“USA benefits greatly from Indian talent”: Elon Musk on Parag Agrawal becoming Twitter CEO
Elon Musk wrote on Twitter about Parag Agrawal: Following the likes of Google parent Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the IIT-Bombay alumnus is the latest India-born superstar to be selected to manage a major US tech giant.
Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur, gave a shout-out to Indian talent in America after Parag Agrawal was named the new CEO of Twitter on Monday.
“Indian talent is extremely beneficial to the United States!” Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted.
He was responding to a tweet about Indian-origin executives at some of the world’s most prestigious tech firms, including Google, Microsoft, Adobe, and IBM.
Following the likes of Google parent Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Parag Agrawal is the latest India-born genius to be selected to manage a major US tech corporation.
“Indian-born CEOs control Google, Microsoft, Adobe, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, and now Twitter. It’s inspiring to see Indians achieve incredible success in the technology industry, and it serves as a nice reminder of the opportunities that America provides to immigrants. (Congratulations, @paraga!)” said CEO Patrik Collison in a tweet.
In reaction to this post, Elon Musk tweeted about Indian talent in the United States. Over 45,000 ‘likes’ and 8,000 retweets have been received in response to his acknowledgment of Indian talent.
Arvind Krishna is the CEO of IBM, whereas Shantanu Narayen is the CEO of Adobe.
“We are glad and proud to announce that this pandemic began in India. It’s the Virus of the Indian CEO… “There is no vaccine against it (sic),” tweeted businessman Anand Mahindra.
Following the announcement by Twitter’s co-founder, Jack Dorsey, that he would be leaving the company, Agrawal was named the new CEO.
Before taking over as CEO, Parag Agrawal served as Twitter’s chief technical officer. Dorsey stated that he will stay on the board until approximately May to assist with the changeover.
Agrawal joined the company in 2011 and has been the company’s chief technology officer since October 2017, overseeing the network’s technical strategy.
USA benefits greatly from Indian talent!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 29, 2021
He graduated from Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering and a PhD in computer science from Stanford University.
