The Story of Youngest CEO in the World

S. Deenadayalan, D. Avinandan, P. Krishnamurthy
{"title":"The Story of Youngest CEO in the World","authors":"S. Deenadayalan, D. Avinandan, P. Krishnamurthy","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2195001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Suhas Gopinath conceived his enterprise at the age of thirteen years and the youngest entrepreneur in the world. He started a software company Globals registered in California’s Silicon Valley and at present spread over eleven countries. His entrepreneurial journey began in his early teens when he was fascinated with the internet. His initial dilemma was becoming a veterinarian due to love of his dog or to plunge into the world of software. His father could not afford him a computer in the year 2000 while Suhas loved the internet. He noticed that the owner of the cyber café had to shut his shop during the afternoon time from 1 pm to 4 pm, he volunteered to the owner that he would open the shop during this time and thus use internet free of cost and the owner agreed to it; it was the trigger for entrepreneurial spirit. Suhas comes from a non business family and academic excellence was family priority. Due to his passion he failed in ninth standard. He took a temporary break and he passed his 10th standard examinations. And despite being a busy traveler and attending conferences in top companies in Europe and delivering lectures in Ivy League universities like Harvard, he kept his love towards programming alive. He never uses job specifications or job evaluation nor marketing; most of his organizational practices are counter intuitive. However, all his employees are totally engaged. He considers himself as a social entrepreneur. Apart from being the world’s youngest entrepreneur there are attributes that distinguish him and his philosophy from other CEOs or organizations. His love towards animals and the value of Ahimsa, ethics instilled by parents, passion towards less privileged and having no access towards education, promoting dignity and modesty as a value being considered by the organization, are some of the most important dimensions that are studied in the present case study. It may be concluded that the future business organizations to be sustainable, have lessons to learn from Suhas Gopinath.","PeriodicalId":174643,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Educator: Courses","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Entrepreneurship Educator: Courses","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2195001","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1

Abstract

Suhas Gopinath conceived his enterprise at the age of thirteen years and the youngest entrepreneur in the world. He started a software company Globals registered in California’s Silicon Valley and at present spread over eleven countries. His entrepreneurial journey began in his early teens when he was fascinated with the internet. His initial dilemma was becoming a veterinarian due to love of his dog or to plunge into the world of software. His father could not afford him a computer in the year 2000 while Suhas loved the internet. He noticed that the owner of the cyber café had to shut his shop during the afternoon time from 1 pm to 4 pm, he volunteered to the owner that he would open the shop during this time and thus use internet free of cost and the owner agreed to it; it was the trigger for entrepreneurial spirit. Suhas comes from a non business family and academic excellence was family priority. Due to his passion he failed in ninth standard. He took a temporary break and he passed his 10th standard examinations. And despite being a busy traveler and attending conferences in top companies in Europe and delivering lectures in Ivy League universities like Harvard, he kept his love towards programming alive. He never uses job specifications or job evaluation nor marketing; most of his organizational practices are counter intuitive. However, all his employees are totally engaged. He considers himself as a social entrepreneur. Apart from being the world’s youngest entrepreneur there are attributes that distinguish him and his philosophy from other CEOs or organizations. His love towards animals and the value of Ahimsa, ethics instilled by parents, passion towards less privileged and having no access towards education, promoting dignity and modesty as a value being considered by the organization, are some of the most important dimensions that are studied in the present case study. It may be concluded that the future business organizations to be sustainable, have lessons to learn from Suhas Gopinath.
世界上最年轻的CEO的故事
Suhas Gopinath是世界上最年轻的企业家,他在13岁时就开始创业。他在加州硅谷创办了一家软件公司Globals,目前业务遍及11个国家。他的创业之旅始于他十几岁的时候,当时他对互联网非常着迷。他最初的两难选择是,因为爱他的狗而成为一名兽医,还是投身软件世界。2000年,他的父亲买不起电脑,而苏哈斯热爱互联网。他注意到网吧的老板在下午1点到4点必须关门,他主动向店主提出在这段时间开店,这样他就可以免费上网了,店主同意了;它是企业家精神的导火索。苏哈斯来自一个非商业家庭,学习成绩优异是家庭的首要任务。由于他的热情,他在九年级考试中不及格。他暂时休息了一段时间,并通过了第十次标准考试。尽管他是一个忙碌的旅行者,参加欧洲顶级公司的会议,并在哈佛等常春藤盟校发表演讲,但他对编程的热爱仍然存在。他从不使用职位规格、职位评估或市场营销;他的大多数组织实践都是反直觉的。然而,他所有的员工都很投入。他认为自己是一名社会企业家。除了是世界上最年轻的企业家之外,他还有一些特质和他的理念与其他首席执行官或组织不同。他对动物的爱和非暴力的价值观,父母灌输的道德,对弱势群体和无法接受教育的人的热情,促进尊严和谦虚作为组织所考虑的价值,是本案例研究中研究的一些最重要的方面。可以得出的结论是,未来的商业组织要可持续发展,必须向苏哈斯·戈皮纳特学习。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
自引率
0.00%
发文量
0
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:604180095
Book学术官方微信