Does anyone know the youngest CEO of a multinational company ever?

Suhas Gopinath, an Indian computer genius, founded a software company at the age of 14. Since then, he has become one of the most successful idols in India's booming IT industry. 265,438+0 years old, running a multinational company, with 400 employees, with an average age of 265,438+0. They do business with 200 customers all over the world. Last year, an American company invested $654.38 billion to hold a majority stake in it, but Suhas refused to agree.

The youngest CEO in the world

For her son Suhas, mother Carla has been very worried. He eats too little and sleeps too little. She said anxiously, "This is unhealthy. Today, he was lying on the sofa, working on his laptop until 4 am, and then went to the office at 8 am. " Now Suhas has gone home for lunch. His home is only five minutes away from the office. He smiled and said, "My mother insists that my work place must be where I can get there easily without driving."

Suhas is now the CEO and one of the founders of Globals Inc, which designs websites and develops software for customers, employs 400 employees all over the world, and has now become a national idol in India. Limka World Records, which is called Guinness World Records in India, lists Suhas "the youngest CEO in the world". Indian politicians regard him as a national model: look at what these young people have achieved!

1100,000 dollars does not sell "little baby"

Suhas could have traveled in a limousine. He can also live in a luxury apartment or buy a villa for his parents in an upper-class community in the suburbs. But their family now lives in a medium-sized house; He also drives a car; The mobile phone he uses is not fashionable either; I'm not wearing any designer clothes.

In 2005, an investment company in Texas offered $6,543.8 billion to hold a majority stake in Global Solutions. But after months of consideration, Suhas refused. For the reason of refusal, he replied, "How much is my' baby'?"

In the mid-1990s, the first Internet cafes appeared in Bangalore, south-central India, and one of them opened next door to his house. He recalled: "My brother Rayearth took me there and I was fascinated by it. Since then, the Internet has changed my life. " He surfs the internet every minute.

He learned how to set up a website by himself. Speaking of which, his mother Carla is still obviously dissatisfied. She said: "He spent every rupee in his hand in the Internet cafe." Suhas also admitted: "Before that, I was always a good student. After discovering the internet, my grades were very average. "

Establish a forum for Indians all over the world

1998, Suhas, who was only 13 years old, founded his first website "Cool India". He recalled: "I want to provide a forum for Indians all over the world to publish public affairs, exchange information about eating out and talk about everything they are interested in." The website is very popular and attracts hackers from Pakistan. They attacked "Cool India" and changed the logo of the website to "Cool Pakistan". Suhas recalled: "It was a terrible experience." He finally gave up the website.

At this time, the talented headhunters in Silicon Valley in the United States have heard about Suhas's Excellence. A company called Network Solutions invited him to the headquarters in San Jose, California. This is the first time in his life that he flew out of India. He said, "They gave me a job. They are also willing to pay for my education in the United States. " But he didn't accept it. "What I can do for myself, why should I do for another company?"

Too young to register overseas.

It was at this time that he made up his mind to become an entrepreneur. He is only 14 years old.

However, this decision faces many obstacles. His parents urged him to finish his studies and learn something practical, and then he was tempted to get a stable job. Indian law also poses an obstacle to him-he must be at least 18 years old to start his own company.

Suhas can't wait four years. He played a trick: invited three friends to register his company online in San Jose, California.

But to this day, he still regrets not being able to open a company in Bangalore. Some of India's most important politicians now know this young man. He even had a chance to talk privately with President abdul kalam. Suhas said: "I told him that the age limit for starting a company in Indian law should be abolished." Karam promised to support him at that time, but nothing has changed so far.

It's not just the law that poses obstacles. Many potential customers canceled their orders when they knew that their business partner was only 14 years old. He recalled: "Many people didn't take me seriously."

Most of his employees are as young as he is: the average age is 2 1 year, the oldest is 26-year-old adults, and the youngest is 12 years old. Suhas can't hire the latter as a full-time employee-that would be illegal use of child labor. "But we gave him a computer with Internet access," Suhas said. "He sometimes designs web pages for us."

The monthly salary of company employees in Bangalore is 540-675 dollars, which is not bad in India, but far less than the monthly salary of company employees in western countries 1485 dollars. "For us, working for global solutions has nothing to do with money," said Gayatri Kumar, 22, who is in charge of financial management. "The atmosphere and fun here are much more important. There is no hierarchy here. "

200 customers around the world.

At the same time, Global Solutions has accumulated 200 customers around the world and set up offices in 1 1 countries. About 65% of the company's turnover comes from Europe. They are especially good at finding unsaturated markets with fierce competition. For example, they developed a software product for each school, which is an electronic class registration system, which allows teachers to easily register scores, record students' attendance, and let parents check whether their children attend classes. The Indian government is very excited about this idea. They recently signed a contract with Global Solutions to use the software in 65,438+0,000 schools.

Go to college while busy with work.

Suhas's father, Gopinath, used to be a scientist in the Indian Ministry of Defence. Now he admits that his son has made the right choice in the past seven years. They are very proud of their son, but they haven't left him until now. "It is very important for us that he get the diploma," said father. "In India, education is the most important thing."

Suhas accepted their advice and now he is studying engineering in Bangalore after work. However, it is not easy for him to find time to study, because he has to give up an exam and go to a conference in Germany, and it will be a year before he can take the exam again. In college, Suhas listened to various lectures and occasionally gave lectures in person. People who come to lectures are often dozens of years older than him.

Suhas said that he sometimes felt that he didn't enjoy youth like most of his friends. They can go to the movies while he sits in front of the computer and works. There is another thing that makes him unhappy: "my classmates call me' sir', take photos of me with their mobile phones, or ask me to sign, which makes me very unhappy."

He shook his head and said, "I never wanted to be a star."