Suhas Gopinath (born 4 November 1986 in

Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

) is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the founder,

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, and

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of Globals Inc., a multinational IT company. He became CEO at the age of 17, three years after founding the company. In 2017, he founded the start-up ShopsUp.

Early life

Gopinath was born in

in the Indian state of

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

. His father is a defense scientist. He taught himself to make websites with the help of books, and created his first at the age of 14. He incorporated his company Globals Inc., the same year, in 2000. He became CEO of his company at the age of 17. He was thought to be, for a time, the youngest CEO of a company.

Recognition

* In 2005, Gopinath was the youngest among the 175 recipients of

's Rajyotsava Award. * On 2 December 2007, The

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and International Association for Human Values conferred "Young Achiever Award" to Gopinath at the

, Brussels. * In November 2008, he was invited to represent the

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's ICT Leadership Roundtable for adopting ICT in Africa to increase employability and fostering ICT skills in students from these countries. * He was announced as "Young Global Leader" for 2008–2009 by the

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, Davos. In that position he would be involved in development programs across the world. He holds a diploma on global leadership and public policy from the

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and

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References

External links

Meet the world's youngest CEO - Rediff Business, 12 October 2010
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gopinath, Suhas Indian chief executives Businesspeople from Bengaluru 1986 births Living people Harvard Kennedy School alumni Indian expatriates in the United States 21st-century Indian businesspeople Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2005