Indians on Time magazine's 100 most influential people

April 17, 2015 13:40

There are a few Indians on Time magazine's 100 most influential people. ICICI Bank's Chanda Kochhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Air Asia's Tony Fernandes, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella '.

The interesting part was who the magazine got to write about its choice.

US President Barack Obama writes this about Modi: Prime Minister Modi recognizes that more than 1 billion Indians living and succeeding together can be an inspiring model for the world.

On Kochhar, Anshu Jain, co'"chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank, says: I have yet to find anything Chanda can't do. She's a first-class leader, strategist and friend.

On Fernandes, Virgin group founder Richard Branson says: The end of every journey is home. With his strength, candor and compassion, Tony helps get AirAsia's passengers home every day.

On Nadella, Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, says: Satya is basically the star of one of those teen movies where the parents go out of town and the kid takes control of the place. And it's been great.

Read the full list here.

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