2024-08-28 07:59:04
The reins of the world’s leading companies, including Google and Microsoft, are in the hands of citizens of Indian origin. However, now the world’s largest smartphone manufacturing company, Apple, has placed its bet on an Indian-origin person, Kevan Parekh. Yes, Apple has appointed Kevan Parekh as the CFO or Chief Financial Officer of Apple, who will take over the reins of the company from January 1, 2025.
Where did Parekh study
Parekh first studied engineering and then did an MBA. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from the University of Michigan in 1993 and three years later earned an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, which he completed in 1999.
Where are the Indians
Parekh has been working at Apple for 11 years and three months. After this, he got promoted to the post of CTO. Talking about Parekh, he does not have any social media account, but in Apple, he reports directly to Tim Cook in matters of finance and sales.
Started career with GM Motors
According to Parekh’s LinkedIn profile, he worked at General Motors in 2004. After this, he played an important role in trade development for two years. He also worked at GM Motors in America for five years. After this, he worked at Thomson Reuters for four years.
Challenge in front of Parekh
Parek will be responsible for making the Apple event a success. Apple’s mega launch event will be held on 9 September 2024. Many products including iPhone 16 will be launched on this day. Also, this is being called Apple’s biggest software upgrade. Artificial intelligence features can be given in it.
Every Indian will feel proud after seeing this list
- Apple CFO – Kevan Parekh
- Microsoft CEO – Satya Nadella
- CEO of Alphabet Google – Sundar Pichai
- YouTube CEO – Neal Mohan
- Adobe CEO – Santanu Narayan
- World Bank Group CEO Ajay Banga
- IBM CEO – Arvind Krishna
- Infosys CEO – Sahil Parekh
- NetApp CEO – George Kurien
- Micron Technology – Sanjay Malhotra
- Novartis CEO – Vasant Narasimhan
- Flex CEO -Rewati Advaiti
- Motorola mobility CEO – Sanjay Jha
- Cognizant CEO – Ravi Kumar S