1. THE YOUNGEST CEO,
MR. SUHAS GOPINATH
Submitted To :- Mr. Manoj Joshi
Submitted on :- 3rd sep, 2012
2. TOPIC
Real life story of an entrepreneur who did not
have money, resources, support, education but
had Need achievement, Vision and dream to
succeed in business life.
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3. CHILDHOOD OF MR. SUHAS
Suhas is from a middle class family. His father worked as a
scientist for the Indian Army. He study in the Air Force
school in Bengaluru.
He did not have the computer at home because at that time
the computers are very expensive and his father cannot afford
it. He go to Internet cafe near his house and surf net from his
pocket money.
His driving force is his own passion to know about web
developing skills.
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4. HE IS FAILER IN SCHOOL TIME
He is fail in mathematics pre-board CBSE exam.
Headmaster is shocked because till today he is not
fail in any subject. But this time he is failed in
mathematics He complain to his mother so that his
mother angry with him. He is give example of bill
gates to his mother. But his mother say that she sure
that he is not as same as bill gates. he live in which
family where to think about entrepreneurship it is
like devil. Then he was passed exam with 1st class.
But after his study experience he say that only
bookish knowledge is not important, but practical
knowledge is important.
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5. BUILDING OF WEBSITES
He got the chance to manage the shop and browse the net, I started
building websites. It became his passion. He started looking for e-
books on how to build websites. They were not available as they
were created in propriety sources. So, he started using open source
to build websites.There is a freelance marketplace on the web
where he offer his services to build websites. He registered as a
website builder.
His first income was $100 at 13 years old. for building another
website but he didn't have a bank account. He told his father that
he built a website and got paid for it. When he was in 9th standard
he built websites free of cost. He built his own portal and called
it Coolhindustan.com. It was focused on NRIs. It was a portal
where he showcase his skills. After that, many companies
approached him to be their web designer.
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6. REJECTING A JOB OFFER FROM THE
When he was 14, Network Solutions
offered him a part-time job in the US and
they said they would sponsor his education
in the US . He rejected the offer because he
read a story about Bill Gates and how he
started Microsoft.
Many US companies connect my ability
with my age and academic qualifications.
Then the idea of self company is come up in
the Suhas mind to show the world that age
and academic qualifications are immaterial.
He then decide that he recruit only
youngsters and not ask for their academic
qualifications and marks cards.
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7. STARTING HIS OWN COMPANY AT 14
After 9th standard vacation, he started the his own company, Global Inc.
.He registered his company in the US because he is not 18 years old. He
became the owner and CEO of the company.
In the first year, the turnover of Global Inc was Rs 1 lakh . On the
second year, the turnover went up to Rs 5 lakh.He saw that there was
enormous business opportunities in Europe as a majority of the Indian
IT companies were working for American companies. He contacted a
Spanish company, it rejected his offer saying Indians do not know
Spanish. He hired five student interns from Spanish universities and told
them they would be paid based on their successful sales.
At the age of 17, B-school in Germany invited him to talk to its students
on entrepreneurship. Slowly he spread his operations from a small
Internet cafe to become a multinational company with significant
operations in Europe, Middle East, the US , Canada , the UK , Australia.
When turn 18, he registered his company as Global Inc. in India.
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8. CREATING PRODUCTS
Suhas wanted company to become a product development
company.
Then he focus on education, like the software that manages
everything about a child. While child in school starting to
the admission till he leaves school. This software was
aimed only at the Indian market. Suhas want to be the
market leader in ICT in education.
Today, company software is being used in more than 100
schools all over India , Singapore and the Middle East .
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9. DREAMS FOR HIS COMPANY
He discontinue his Eneggnering studies because of
less attendance in the class.
He is helping the World Bank to set policies on ICT
in university education so that employability can be
enhanced.
His aim is to reduce the number of unemployed
eligible youth in the world.
He dreams that his company became market leader
in software solutions concentrating on education.
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10. SUHAS GOPINATH'S AMAZING JOURNEY
The youngest CEO in the world Suhas Gopinath started Global Inc ten
years ago from a cyber cafe in Bengaluru at the age of 14-years.
Global is a multi-million dollar company with offices in the United
States, India, Canada, Germany, Italy, the United
Kingdom, Spain, Australia, Singapore.
There are 100 employees in India.
He is the member of the Board of the ICT Advisory Council of the
World Bank.
European Parliament and International Association for Human Values
give him a 'Young Achiever Award' in 2007. He address the European
Parliament and other business dignitaries assembled in the EU
Parliament.
He is also listed in the 'Young Global Leaders' for 2008-2009 by the
prestigious World Economic Forum. Suhas is the youngest member ever
in the World Economic Forum's history.
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