The Smartest Unknown Indian Entrepreneur has a $40 per year business that puts $1 million profit monthly in the bank. He’s behind Zoho.com. He employs 600 people in Chennai, India and 8 in Silicon Valley. His name is Sridhar Vembu and he’s making a difference for lots of young people who’d otherwise miss out on the economic boom in India. He’s doing for India’s software industry what China did once for manufacturing - undercutting prices through innovation and working in lower cost areas.
“We hire young professionals whom others disregard,” Vembu says. “We don’t look at colleges, degrees or grades. Not everyone in India comes from a socio-economic background to get the opportunity to go to a top-ranking engineering school, but many are really smart regardless.
“We even go to poor high schools, and hire those kids who are bright but are not going to college due to pressure to start making money right away,” Vembu continues. “They need to support their families. We train them, and in nine months, they produce at the level of college grads. Their resumes are not as marketable, but I tell you, these kids can code just as well as the rest. Often, better.”
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