Youngest Indian entrepreneur

SUHAS GOPINATH
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Suhas Gopinath was born in Bangalore,
Karnataka, India in a middle class family. His
father was an defence scientist and his mother
is a housewife.
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Mr. Suhas Gopinath, now aged 23, is a young

Indian entrepreneur. He is the founder, CEO,
and Chairman of Globals Inc, an IT
multinational company launched by him at the
age of 14 at California, USA.
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Few years ago Suhas was then a student of
grade 8th.Computer was then unknown to him.
One day he accompanied his brother an
engineering student to the cyber café .He was
overwhelmed by the world of internet and
spent his time in café when his friends were
busy playing
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He did not have enough pocket money- his
father working in the armed forces and his
mother being a house wife was keen on his
studies and not in visiting cyber café . He
convinced the owner of cyber café and started
running the café during the owners lunch
break
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He was on the school football team.It was
another excuse to stay away from home and
spent some more time in café . He learnt
HTML,ASP and all possible software's on his
own. He won several worthwhile friends in the
US and Europe through yahoo chat. Winning
such friends was another arrow in the armoury
of his operation workout.
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He wanted to start his own website named
www.coolhindustani.com .Again money was the
hindrance. He approached several companies to
sponsor his website. But all the Indian companies
responded it as a Child’s play. How ever he got a
break through – Network Solutions in US sponserd
his site for 1 year Within days he got an invitation
to present a paper in California. There he got his
first job offer as a freelancer in Network Solutions
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But he refused since he wanted to start his own
company. The company president was amazed
to see the determination of a 14 year old
boy.He offered him help to start his enterprise.
Suhas returned back to India and started his
efforts to start his company when his friends
were struggling with exams.
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Next hurdle he faced was that, normally in India, it

is impossible to start a company before the age of
18. But he registered in US in the name of Cliffords
, his cyber friend whom he met through yahoo chat
using his home address in US . In August, 2000, the
very same year, he set up Globals Inc, a web
solutions company at California He was the owner
as well as the only 1 worker of the company.
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He started with web designing and he began to get

more and more orders He started appointing staff. His
criterion to give offer letter is not based on formal
qualification but efficiency and attitude. From then
Globals has drastically grown as a Multi-national IT
consulting company focussed on Web, e-Commerce
and Mobile Solutions
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Suhas is currently juggling his corporate life
with a BE in Information Science at the M.S.
Ramaiah Institute of Information Technology.
Few years before……. He owned a car, bought
out of his earnings, but didn’t have a license to
drive it around the city as he was too young to
get a license! As a CEO, he wrapped up mega
deals, but could not sign on the dotted line as
legally he was a minor.
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Government of Karnataka has offered him 10
acres of land inorder to shift his headquarters
from US to Banglore. Globals Inc has now
presence in US,Italy, India
,Germany,Spain,Britain,Bahrain,Singapore,Au
stralia and Nigeria
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Achievements Mr. Suhas Gopinath at the age

of 16 was recognized as the world’s youngest
entrepreneur in by CNBC and e-Business,
Canada.
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At the age of 17 he was recognized as the
World's Youngest CEO by leading Medias
across the globe including BBC, Washington
Times, The Age, etc., including Limca Book of
Records.
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In  the year 2005, he became the youngest

recipient of the prestigious Rajyotsava Award
conferred on him by the State Government of
Karnataka. Along with his professional
activities, he has also volunteered as the Youth
Ambassador for Indo-Pak Leadership Program
organized by School of Leadership, Pakistan
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Mr. Suhas Gopinath was announced as one of
the “Young Global Leaders” for 2008-2009 by
the prestigious World Economic Forum and he
became the youngest member ever in the
World Economic Forum’s history. His co-
members include US Governor Bobby Jindal,
Hollywood Actor Leonardo DiCaprio,
Musician A.R.Rahman, Prince of Brunei, etc.
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He is also designated as the resource person
for Entrepreneurship at IIM Ahmadabad, and
Advisory Board member at IIT Bombay
Entrepreneurship Cell.
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On December 2, 2007, The European Parliament and

International Association for Human Values conferred
“Young Achiever Award” to Mr. Suhas Gopinath at
the EU Parliament, Brussels, and he was also invited
to address the European Parliament and other
Business dignitaries assembled in the EU Parliament.
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In July 2008, his detailed biography was
featured in the renowned Current- Biography
Book published in New York along with
Hollywood Actor George Clooney, World
Bank President Robert Zoellick, Governor of
New York David Paterson, and other eminent
personalities.
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Joining Globals Inc is simple, provided you
are in the 17-22 year age group. ‘The
membership is free of cost. Once you fill up
the form and enter your skill set, they will
assign you a project. And you become a part of
the family,’ The rates he charge for developing
a website is very cheap ie hardly Rs. 300 His
ambition is to find another Microsoft and his
role model is BILL GATES.
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