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US Fortune smiles on 6 Indian-origin CEOs

US Fortune smiles on 6 Indian-origin CEOs

Cola queen Indra Nooyi is not the only person of Indian origin heading a behemoth like PepsiCo in the US; she is in company with five others at the top of the latest Fortune league of American corporate giants.

Besides Nooyi, persons of Indian origin are running another five companies figured in the Fortune list of the biggest firms in the US, published in the latest issue of US-based business magazine.

While PepsiCo tops the list of the Indian-run firms in the US at 63rd rank, it also features Hartford Financial Services, Rohm & Haas, Sigma-Aldrich, Tellabs and LSI Corporation, all of which have an India-born as the CEO.

More : tribuneindia.com

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