SUHAS GOPINATH THE YOUNG TECH ENTREPRENEUR

Young Entrepreneur

-A Pragnya

THE YOUNG GENIUS

Suhas Gopinath (born November 4, 1986 in (Bangalore) is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the founder, CEO and Chairman of Globals Inc., an IT multinational company. He took charge as CEO at the age of 17, three years after founding the company, and at the time, was named world's youngest CEO.

Gopinath was born in Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka to his father, a defence scientist and mother, a housewife. He taught himself to make websites with the help of books and made his one as, www.coolhindustan.com, at the age of 14, and incorporated his company Globals Inc., the same year in 2000. He became CEO of his multinational company at the age of 17.

Gopinath heads a multi million dollar company having presence in US and several European companies. Explaining one of the reasons for his success, he said, "Most software companies in India concentrate on English-speaking companies. I realized that there were a lot of opportunities in non-English speaking companies of Europe. I approached Spanish companies but they turned me down as I did not know Spanish. I then contacted Spanish MBA colleges and provide me interns who knew both Spanish and English. I paid them a handsome stipend and bagged many contracts. I started my second office after US in Madrid. “His company designed websites until 2007-08 when he decided to provide to software solutions to education and health care sectors. "I have helped universities in automating their examination system. I have also worked for Indian government in Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan," he said.

On corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, he had started an information technology (IT) finishing school near Banglore where students from underprivileged families were given free training in IT.

In 2005, Gopinath was the youngest among the 175 recipients of Karnataka’s Rajyotsava Award. On December 2, 2007, The European Parliament and International Association for Human Rights conferred "Young Achiever Award" on Gopinath at the European Parliament, Brussels. In November 2008, he was invited to represent the World Bank'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 World Economic Forum, 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 John F. Kennedy School of Government and Harvard University.