From Silicon Valley jobs to building 96 US unicorns: The new Indian-American story

Jun 6, 2026 | 20:23 IST

The Indian-Americans who founded multiple billion-dollar startups

The Indian diaspora story has for long been celebrated for its CEOs at Microsoft, Google, IBM, Adobe and other global companies. The new story is about the Indian-American founders creating the next set of giants themselves.

For years, the Indian success story in America followed a familiar script: bright students, college degrees, H-1B visas, green cards, Silicon Valley jobs, corner offices. Indians were seen as the talent pool behind America’s technology boom — the coders, doctors, researchers, managers and CEOs who helped run its companies.

That story has changed.

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From Silicon Valley jobs to building 96 US unicorns: The new Indian-American story

The Indian diaspora story has for long been celebrated for its CEOs at Microsoft, Google, IBM, Adobe and other global companies. The new story is about the Indian-American founders creating the next set of giants themselves.

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From Silicon Valley jobs to building 96 US unicorns: The new Indian-American story

The Indian diaspora story has for long been celebrated for its CEOs at Microsoft, Google, IBM, Adobe and other global companies. The new story is about the Indian-American founders creating the next set of giants themselves.

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