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Kamala Devi Harris (/ ˈkɑːmələ ˈdeɪvi / ⓘ KAH-mə-lə DAY-vee, [1] born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who has been the 49th and current vice president of the United States since 2021, serving under President Joe Biden. She is the first female vice president of the United States, making her the highest-ranking ...
Ajay Banga. Ajaypal Singh "Ajay" Banga (born November 10, 1959 [1]) is an Indian-born American business executive. [2] He is currently the president of the World Bank Group. [3] He was the executive chairman of Mastercard, after having previously served as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the company from July 2010 until December ...
Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy (/ vɪˈveɪk rɑːməˈswɑːmiː /; [1][2] vih-VAYK rah-mə-SWAH-mee; born August 9, 1985) is an American entrepreneur. He founded Roivant Sciences, a pharmaceutical company, in 2014. In February 2023, Ramaswamy declared his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination in the 2024 United States presidential election.
Steve Jobs. Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple Inc. Jobs was also the founder of NeXT and chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar. He was a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along ...
Deva Katta, an Indian-born film director who later acquired U.S. citizenship, works in Telugu films. Imran Khan, American actor of Indian origin, who works in Hindi films. Akshay Oberoi, an American actor of Indian origin, who works in Hindi films. Jiah Khan, British-American actress and singer.
Indian Americans. Indian Americans are people with ancestry from India who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States. The terms Asian Indian and East Indian are used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States, who are also referred to as "Indians" or "American Indians".
Kamala Harris is a Black woman of Afro-Jamaican and Indian (Tamil) heritage. [5] Harris's birth certificate, dated November 5, 1964 (left), an affidavit correcting her middle name from Iyer to Devi, dated February 18, 1965 (right). Harris' mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a biologist whose work on the progesterone receptor gene stimulated advances ...
Shyamala was born on December 7, 1938, in Madras, Madras Province, British India (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) to P. V. Gopalan, a civil servant, and Rajam, her mother. Her parents were from two villages near the town of Mannargudi in Madras Province. [8] Gopalan had begun his professional life as a stenographer, [9] and, as he rose ...