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2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Indian-origin Laxman Narasimhan has been appointed as the CEO of which American multinational company?
A
Apple
B
Facebook
C
Starbucks
D
Amazon
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The coffee giant Starbucks on Thursday informed that the company has appointed its new Indian-origin Chief Executive Officer, Laxman Narasimhan. He will join Starbucks on October 1, after replacing Howard Schultz who will continue as interim chief until April 2023, according to news agency ANI.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nadella, Pichai, Narasimhan: Indian-origin CEOs at the helm of American cos.

Detailed explanation-3: -Amritsar-born Devika Bulchandani joins the growing list that includes Sundar Pichai - CEO, Google LLC & Alphabet Inc, Satya Nadella - CEO, Microsoft, Parag Agrawal - CEO, Twitter, Leena Nair, Chanel, Arvind Krishna - CEO, IBM Group, Shantanu Narayen - CEO, Adobe Inc and Ajaypal Singh Banga - CEO, Mastercard.

Detailed explanation-4: -Narasimhan will join Starbucks as incoming CEO on October 1, 2022 after relocating from London to the Seattle area and will work closely with the interim CEO, Howard Schultz, before assuming the CEO role and would join the Board on April 1, 2023.

Detailed explanation-5: -After five months of external search, the US-based coffee giant Starbucks finally zeroed in on the Indian-origin and former Reckitt CEO Laxman Narasimhan as its new CEO.

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