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You are right. Their privilege is that they had the right environment / opportunities. They worked hard (or disciplined as you say) and utilized that privilege.
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You are obviously right.
The exact same communities that do well in CEO/ business type roles - do terribly in India. And vice versa
It's your upbringing. Whatever that culture values who end up being good at it
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Those guys were very lucky. Right opportunity at the right time and at the right place. It could have be any other Desi or non Desi CEO. We give too much emphasis on caste, region, religion, nationality etc.
As an outsider it seems a combo of
1. Tamil / Telugu culture of education and entrepreneurship
2. Brahmin / baniya privelege
3. Fantastic 70s policies of development of IITs / IIMs
4. Good command of the English language (making transition to US easier)
Curious, which communities?
It's a combination of both. Let's adress it head on - he is referring to Brahmin/baniya communities. Not every Brahmin/Baniya is super talented/high IQ but the ones who go go to the top most definitely are. IMO the distinction is the values and culture they hold dear, importance of formal education, discipline, hard work, learning how to use networks. Also a legacy of entrepreneurship helps in grooming the next generation. There is a marked difference how hard these values are instilled growing up between these 2 communities and other privileged communities in India (land owning castes, etc.)
One word: PRIVILEGE
Elaboration: Centuries worth of privilege
It’s probably a combination of both
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: It is a silly argument to attribute their success to any one factor. One must be talented and gifted, the talent must get the opportunity, and the individual must work hard to even have a slight chance of the kind of success these executives have had- none of these are really caused by the community.
Also, I find your premise flawed - it's not 1-2 communities. The list is longer than Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella. People like Indira Nooyi, Nikesh Arora, Ajay Banga, Parag Agarwal, Ajit Jain, Amar Bose etc have had some spectacular success too in America.
The people you listed again appear to be from 1 or 2 communities. So the argument stands.
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Tamil or Telugu Brahmins initially. Now the baniya community is breaking in. Trend similar to domination in the IITs selection.
https://theprint.in/opinion/parag-agrawal-of-twitter-signals-brahmin-clout-at-iit-ending-kota-is-now-baniya-phenomenon/775595/
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OP, that’s the point bro/sis, look at all toppers across decades. Usually communities have dominated. Brahmins were very dominant before the Indian economy was liberal. Baniyas grew to the forefront after that. That’s what the article is. Whatever shows in IIT turns up a similar trend in US CEOs. You will see more and more baniya CEOs soon instead of the Nadela and Pichai (Brahmins).