'Bravo Leena!': Anand Mahindra hails the 'good virus' of Indian CEOs

'So it's not just Silicon Valley but also Fashion Alley that's catching the 'good virus' of Indian CEOs,' tweets Mahindra Group chairman on Leena Nair being appointed Chanel's global CEO

Industrialist Anand Mahindra on Friday congratulated Leena Nair, who has been appointed as French fashion house Chanel's next global CEO. She is the latest to join the pantheon of Indian-origin executives at the helm of a global company, like Alphabet’s CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and Twitter’s Parag Agrawal.

Nair, a 52-year old HR professional, was the first and youngest chief human resources officer of FMCG giant Unilever, from which she resigned to join the luxury fashion house. She is the second woman of Indian origin to be a global CEO after former PepsiCo chief Indra Nooyi.

“So it’s not just Silicon Valley but also Fashion Alley that’s catching the ‘good virus’ of Indian CEOs. Bravo Leena! Keep making us proud,” tweeted Anand Mahindra.

So it’s not just Silicon Valley but also Fashion Alley that’s catching the ‘good virus’ of Indian CEOs. Bravo Leena! Keep making us proud. https://t.co/CN54EtMdVs

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) December 17, 2021

Last month, when Parag Agarwal was appointed as the CEO of Twitter, the Mahindra group chief praised Indian-origin persons leading global firms and called it an 'Indian CEO Virus'.

"This is one pandemic that we are happy and proud to say originated in India. It's the Indian CEO Virus... No vaccine against it," he had tweeted.

This is one pandemic that we are happy & proud to say originated in India. It’s the Indian CEO Virus… No vaccine against it.