According to the BBC, Desi individuals account for 1% of the US population and 6% of Silicon Valley's workforce - and yet are disproportionately represented in the top brass. Why? Is there something in the water? Is there something about our culture?
Relevant Memes and Bollywood Scenes:
NOTE: We've hyperlinked the memes referenced in the show below, but they are usually only "click-able" when you listen to the podcast via Apple podcasts on your phone.
01:02 – [ARTICLE Reference] – “Parag Agrawal: Why Desi CEOs dominate Silicon Valley”
01:40 – [ARTICLE Reference] – Chanel’s Leena Nair joins an expanding tribe of global CEOs with Indian roots
02:05 – [MEME Reference] – “You either die as a founder-run company or live long enough to see your company run by an indian dude.” LOL shameless plug for our Instagram!
08:22 [ARTICLE Reference] – “There are more S&P 500 CEOs named Michael or James than women chief executives” (I said KEVIN in the show, so slightly off, but my point still stand haha).
12:17 [VIDEO Reference] – Indra Nooyi on the role of women in the workplace and on retaining humility | My Life in Full
14:08 [PODCAST Reference] – Satya Nadella on Freakonomics Describing: ““The Secret Life of a C.E.O.”
19:25 [VIDEO Reference] – “Funny indian pronunciations of words Dangerous”
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