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Technology & leadership

Meera Kapoor

10 stories · Technology · Women in Leadership · Culture · Workplace

Meera writes about the people running the largest technology companies and about women reaching the top of Indian business. The Pichai, Narayana Murthy and Roshni Nadar files are hers.

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Technology

Sundar Pichai: Steering Google and Alphabet Through the AI Reckoning

From Chrome to CEO of Alphabet, how Sundar Pichai leads one of the world's most powerful companies as AI upends its core search business.

Technology

Narayana Murthy: The Founder Who Put Indian IT on the World Map

How Narayana Murthy and six co-founders built Infosys from a tiny startup into a symbol of India's global technology-services boom.

Women in Leadership

Roshni Nadar Malhotra: The Woman Leading One of India's Biggest Tech Empires

As chair of HCL, Roshni Nadar Malhotra became one of the first women to lead a major listed Indian IT company — on her own terms.

Women in Leadership

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: The Brewer's Apprentice Who Built India's Biotech Industry

Denied a brewmaster's job, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw started Biocon in a garage and turned it into a global biopharmaceutical leader.

Technology

Demis Hassabis: The Chess Prodigy Solving Science With AI

From game designer to Nobel laureate, how Demis Hassabis built DeepMind and used AI to crack one of biology's grand challenges.

Technology

Lisa Su: The Engineer Who Engineered One of Tech's Great Turnarounds

When Lisa Su took over AMD, the chipmaker was near collapse. She rebuilt it into a serious rival to Intel and Nvidia.

Culture

Oprah Winfrey: How a Talk Show Host Built a Media Empire

Oprah Winfrey turned a daytime talk show into a personal brand and business empire — and became one of the most influential figures in media.

Women in Leadership

Melanie Perkins: The Founder Who Made Design Effortless for Everyone

Rejected by dozens of investors, Melanie Perkins built Canva into one of the world's most valuable software companies from Australia.

Workplace

Adam Grant: The Psychologist Making Work Feel More Human

From 'Give and Take' to 'Think Again' — how Adam Grant uses hard research to change the way millions of people think about work and generosity.

Women in Leadership

Women Rewriting the Boardroom

From family-run empires to first-time founders, the women reshaping global business are changing the game and the rules.