Meet Indian-origin CEOs of American firms

Indian-origin chief executives have made their mark in the American corporate world. Here's a look at 10 'Indian' captains of American companies.

1) Indra Nooyi

One of the world's most powerful CEOs, the Chennai-born Indra Nooyi tops the list of Indian-origin CEOs in the US. Indra Nooyi is chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo, which has the world's largest portfolio of billion-dollar food and beverage brands, including 19 different product lines that each generate more than $1 billion in annual retail sales.

2) Vikram Pandit

Nagpur-born Vikram Pandit heads the Wall Street giant Citigroup. Before being named CEO on December 11, 2007, Pandit was Chairman and CEO of Citi's Institutional Clients Group, which includes markets & banking and Citi Alternative Investments. Vikram Pandit was a founding member and chairman of the members committee of Old Lane, LP which was acquired by Citi in 2007.

3) Shantanu Narayen
Shantanu Narayen is president and chief executive officer of Adobe, one of the world's largest software companies. Narayen,who belongs to Hyderabad, is known for his leadership, technology insight and operational expertise. In 2009, Narayen led the $1.8 billion acquisition of Omniture, Inc., expanding Adobe's ability to help customers measure and optimize the value of online experiences, content and applications.

4) Francisco D'Souza

Francisco D'Souza has over 20 years of experience in the information technology industry in both operational and advisory roles. 

Prior to his current position, Francisco, who hails from Goa, was chief operating officer, with responsibility for Cognizant's global delivery, marketing and sales, business development, and client services organizations. 

Previously, he led the company's North American and European operations.  He joined Cognizant when it was founded in 1994. 

5) Ajay Banga

Pune-born Ajay Banga will take over as president and chief executive officer of MasterCard Worldwide from July 1. 

Currently, president and chief operating officer, he is responsible for the company's relationships with customers globally including the delivery of products, services and marketing, and technology and operations.

Banga is also a member of the executive committee.  Prior to joining MasterCard, Banga spent 13 years at Citigroup from 1996, and held a variety of senior management roles in the United States and Europe, Middle East, Africa regions before becoming chairman and chief executive officer of Citi's international global consumer group in 2005.

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5 horror movies you must watch once

If we are talking about Hollywood horror movies than we cannot forget The Exorcist that change the trend of horror cinema. Directed by William Friedkin, the movie stars Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow in the leading role. The movie is inspired from a documented exorcism that was performed on a fourteen year old child. The movie had some of the best special effects and sound effects that scared a lot of people. The spider-walk scene of the movie became the scariest scene of the movie that promised sleepless nights to the audience. The movie also won an Academy Award for Best Sound and became the most profitable horror movies of all time.

Jaws is another thriller movie which is nothing less than a horror movie and had such great impact on the minds of the audience that people began to fear water and many people across United States decided that they will never step into the sea again in their lifetime. Jaws became one of the most successful thrillers of all times. The movie was released in 1975 and was directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie is about a fictional Amity Island where a number of beachgoers become a victim of the great white shark. The movie is rated as one of the best horror movies of all times even though there are no ghosts or evil spirits in the movie.

To be very honest, The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 thriller movie but the movie is a blend of thriller and horror genre and believe me you will not sleep once you have watched this awesome movie. Directed by Jonathan Demme, the movie stars Anthony Hopkins in one of his best performances ever as Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist and a cannibalistic serial killer. The movie won all the top five Academy Awards including Best Picture and people appreciate some of the scenes which were nothing less than horror. The movie also stars Jodie Foster who won the Best Actress Academy Award for the same movie.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick this horror flick is based on a novel of the same name by Stephen King. The Shining stars Jack Nicholson as a tormented writer along with Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd in the leading role. The movie has a slow pace but soon it takes over the mind and intense drama and tension is revealed that keeps you involved into the movie and scares you to the core. The initial response to the movie was dull but gradually The Shining received a word of mouth publicity to become one of the scariest movies in Hollywood that can give you nightmares for months.

The story of Omen is very much similar to The Exorcist but the execution of the story is so unique that you will not mind watching The Omen and find yourself sweating. The movie revolves around a wealthy US ambassador who adopts a child when he is informed that his wife gave birth to a stillborn child. Directed by Richard Donner, the movie stars Gregory Peck and Lee Remick in the lead role. The movie has a haunting background score that will not let you sleep for weeks and some gore scenes are capable enough to keep you away from having a sound sleep. The Omen does not have the regular horror scenes but the movie has a very creepy feel and penetrates deep inside our subconscious to scare the hell out of us.

Famous people and their siblings

Medias from around the world always talk and write about famous people. But medias almost never talk about famous siblings. Of course, some of them are famous and some are not. So this article is all about that. 

Angelina Jolie and her brother James Haven Voight

 

Sylvester and Frank Stallone

Nicole Kidman and her sister Antonia

Brad Pitt and his brother Doug

 

Monica and Penelope Cruz

 

Lindsay Lohan and her sister Aliana and mother

Britney Spears and her sister Jame Lin Spears

Jessica Alba and her brother Joshua