8 IIT Graduates Who Are Now Billionaires

Sundar Pichai

Pichai attended Jawahar Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School in Ashok Nagar, Chennai, for his schooling. He earned his degree in metallurgical engineering from IIT Kharagpur.

Satya Nadella

Satya Nadella was born on August 19, 1967, in Hyderabad. He went to Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet. Nadella tried to get into the IIT but couldn't pass the exam.

Shantanu Narayen

Shantanu Narayen is the CEO of Adobe Inc., a leading software company known for products like Photoshop and Acrobat.

Ajaypal Singh Banga

Mr. Banga's father served in the Indian Army, so when he was young, their family moved to various places in India. He was born in Pune's Khadki cantonment area.

Arvind Krishna

Krishna attended Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. He earned a degree in electrical engineering from the IIT, Kanpur, in 1985.

Rakesh Kapoor

Kapoor attended Modern School in New Delhi, India, before pursuing Chemical Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS).

Nikesh Arora

He completed his schooling at The Air Force School (Subroto Park) and went on to graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology in Varanasi, India, with a degree in electrical engineering in 1989.

Nandan Nilekani

Nilekani attended Bishop Cotton Boys' School and St. Joseph's High School in Dharwad. He graduated in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

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