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Marco Bizzarri: Know the President and CEO of Italian luxury brand Gucci
In 1986, Marco began his career as a consultant for Accenture. Later he joined the Bologna-based Mandarina Duck group, and gradually became the CEO of the group. Later, he took the charge of general manager for the designer brand Marithé et François Girbaud. From 2005- 2009, he served as the President and CEO of Stella McCartney. For a period of nearly 5 years, from 2009 to 2014, he became the President and CEO of the Milan-based Italian fashion brand, Bottega Veneta.
C Vijayakumar: Know the highest-paid CEO of India
As of July 2022, he is the highest-paid CEO in the country with a remuneration of Rs 123.13 crore ($16.52 million). He started his career in 1990 and worked as an R&D engineer. In March 1994, C Vijayakumar joined the Indian multinational IT services and consulting company, HCLTech. At the HCLTech he joined the core team that designed and implemented India’s first-ever fully automated trading network at the National Stock Exchange.
Michael Dell: Know the founder and CEO of Dell Technologies
According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Michael's net worth is $45 billion as of October 2022. This makes him the 24th richest person in the world. Dell began his career at the age of 19 by selling upgrade kits for personal computers in Room 2713 of the Dobie Center residential building. Later, in January 1984, Dell registered his company as "PC's Limited". Operating out of a condominium. In May, he incorporated the company as 'Dell Computer Corporation' and relocated to a business center in North Austin.
Mukesh Bansal: Know the co-founder and CEO of fitness startup Cult.fit
Mukesh Bansal is also the co-founder of the Indian fashion e-commerce company Myntra. He has been listed in the Best 40 Under 40 Entrepreneurs by Fortune magazine. He is also on the board of the Olympics Gold Quest. Bansal, a techie, started his career with Deloitte as a systems analyst in Chicago and worked there for two years. Later he worked with many early-stage companies in Silicon Valley, like at eWanted, Centrata, NexTag, newScale, etc.
Nandita Sinha: Know the CEO of Myntra
Nandita, who previously worked at Flipkart took the charge as CEO on January 1, 2022. Nandita Sinha holds an experience of over 16 years across e-commerce and FMCG. She began her career at Hindustan Unilever Limited and later worked for Britannia Industries. She joined Hindustan Unilever in 2004 as a summer trainee and left the company as an area sales and customer manager in 2009
Sameer Nigam: Know the co-founder and CEO of PhonePe
Digital payments company based on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), PhonePe was incorporated in 2015, and in April 2016, the company was acquired by Flipkart(owned by Walmart) and as part of the acquisition, the FxMart license was transferred to PhonePe, later rebranded as the PhonePe wallet. PhonePe then announced Sameer Nigam as its CEO, Rahul Chari as CTO, and Burzin Engineer as CRO. Before PhonePe, Sameer Nigam served as the Director of Product Management at Shopzilla Inc, where he built the company's proprietary shopping search engine.
James Quincey: Know the Chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola
Quincey's career at Coca-Cola began in 1996. Prior to Coca-Cola, he was a partner in strategy consulting at The Kalchas Group, a spinoff of Bain & Company and McKinsey. In 1996, he joined the beverage company in Atlanta as director of learning strategy for the Latin America Group. Later he held various operational roles in Latin America and was eventually appointed as the President of the South Latin division in 2003.
Pavel Durov: Know the founder and CEO of Telegram
Pavel Durov, also known as Mark Zuckerberg of Russia, has an estimated net worth of US$15.1 billion, as of September 2022. Pavel Durov began his career in 2006, by founding VKontakte with his elder brother Nikolai Durov, later it came to be known as VK. In 2011, Pavel was involved in a standoff with the police in Saint Petersburg when the government demanded the removal of opposition politicians' pages after the 2011 election to the Duma.
Helena Helmersson: Know the first female CEO of Swedish retail clothing company H&M
Helena Helmersson is working with a vision to transform the fashion industry. She began her career at H&M in 1997 as a Business controller, before she served as the section manager of various departments in the buying office. For 8 years she took care of the Children's Department, Lady's Department, and the baby's department at the Buying office. Later, in October 2006, Helmersson went to Bangladesh and worked as H&M's production manager at Dhaka.
Salil Parekh: Know the CEO and MD of Infosys
In May 2022, the company announced that its Board of Directors has reappointed Salil Parekh as CEO and MD of Infosys from July 1, 2022, to March 31, 2027. Salil Parekh holds global experience in the IT service industry for over 30 years. He has a strong track record of driving digital transformation for enterprises, executing business turnarounds, and managing successful acquisitions. Before working at Infosys, Salil was a member of the Group Executive Board at Capgemini.
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