Suhas Gopinath. A name which brought pride and fame to India. Why? He became a CEO at the age of 14!
Born in Bangalore, India, to a middle class family, Suhas did not have the privilege of having a computer of his own and would envy his classmates talking about their email ids etc..He started visiting the local cybercafe. But it costed 100 bucks for an hour, and he got only 50 as his monthly pocket money. His school was only till he afternoon, and he noticed that the owner of the cafe closed from 1 30 pm to 4 pm for lunch. Suhas approached him and proposed, "You close down from 1 to 4..! I am free that time and many people may want to access the internet at that time. So let me take care of the cybercafe while you take a break. I only want to use the internet, that's all the salary i want!". The shopkeeper was only too willing. Thanks to the shopkeeper, Suhas learnt everything from that cybercafe! The first day, Suhas created his email address and with great excitement told his classmates his id as well as password, as he thoght one required the password too to send a mail!
He slowly started learning web designing till he felt he knew enough to start on his own. He sent out invitations to many American companies without websites with his proposal. But many refused as he was a very young boy. There was this automobile parts company, when Suhas asked if they wanted a website, they responded that they were running the business quite successfully for 50 years and that they could manage without websites. Suhas got frustrated and started creating anonymous email ids and asked this automobile parts company for a deal. From each of these fake ids, he would ask this company if they had a website he could look up. When they replied they didn't have one, he would show his lack of interest in them. The company started to panic and Suhas from his real id proposed again and told the truth of the happenings. This was his first venture. Now he is a globally recognized entrepreneur from India who owns a multinational company called the Globals Inc.
2005, Gopinath was the youngest among the 175 recipients of the Karnataka state's Rajyotsava Award.
On December 2, 2007, The European Parliament and International Association for Human Values conferred a “Young Achiever Award” on Mr. Gopinath at the European Parliament, Brussels. He was invited to address the European Parliament and businessmen assembled in that parliament.
In November 2008 He was invited to represent the World Bank's ICT Leadership Roundtable for adopting ICT in Africa for increasing employ-ability and fostering ICT skills in students from these countries.
Born in Bangalore, India, to a middle class family, Suhas did not have the privilege of having a computer of his own and would envy his classmates talking about their email ids etc..He started visiting the local cybercafe. But it costed 100 bucks for an hour, and he got only 50 as his monthly pocket money. His school was only till he afternoon, and he noticed that the owner of the cafe closed from 1 30 pm to 4 pm for lunch. Suhas approached him and proposed, "You close down from 1 to 4..! I am free that time and many people may want to access the internet at that time. So let me take care of the cybercafe while you take a break. I only want to use the internet, that's all the salary i want!". The shopkeeper was only too willing. Thanks to the shopkeeper, Suhas learnt everything from that cybercafe! The first day, Suhas created his email address and with great excitement told his classmates his id as well as password, as he thoght one required the password too to send a mail!
He slowly started learning web designing till he felt he knew enough to start on his own. He sent out invitations to many American companies without websites with his proposal. But many refused as he was a very young boy. There was this automobile parts company, when Suhas asked if they wanted a website, they responded that they were running the business quite successfully for 50 years and that they could manage without websites. Suhas got frustrated and started creating anonymous email ids and asked this automobile parts company for a deal. From each of these fake ids, he would ask this company if they had a website he could look up. When they replied they didn't have one, he would show his lack of interest in them. The company started to panic and Suhas from his real id proposed again and told the truth of the happenings. This was his first venture. Now he is a globally recognized entrepreneur from India who owns a multinational company called the Globals Inc.
2005, Gopinath was the youngest among the 175 recipients of the Karnataka state's Rajyotsava Award.
On December 2, 2007, The European Parliament and International Association for Human Values conferred a “Young Achiever Award” on Mr. Gopinath at the European Parliament, Brussels. He was invited to address the European Parliament and businessmen assembled in that parliament.
In November 2008 He was invited to represent the World Bank's ICT Leadership Roundtable for adopting ICT in Africa for increasing employ-ability and fostering ICT skills in students from these countries.
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