Suhas Gopinath Biography 
Suhas Gopinath, an Indian entrepreneur is the founder, CEO and Chairman of Global INC., an IT multinational company. He was credited to world’s youngest CEO at the age of 17, when he took the charge of the company, three years after its formation. India’s one of the youngest entrepreneurs, he has graced many leading Indian business magazines and his interviews were featured on TV channels as well. Gopinath was announced as a “Young Global Leader” for 2008-2009 by the World Economic Forum, Davos. At the age of 14 he was recognized as the world’s youngest certified Professional Web-developer, when he designed a website of his own.
Suhas Gopinath was born into a middle class family at Bangalore, Karnataka in 1986. His father is a defense scientist. He learnt by himself how to create websites and created one www.coolhindustan.com in 2000 when he was only 14. Same year he incorporated his company Globel INC, making him the world’s youngest CEO at that time. He set up the company at San Jose, California as Indian laws don’t have this provision as he was a minor then. It’s a remarkable achievement that he learnt to create websites by himself with the help of books and sold portals to bricks-and-mortar firms in the US. In 2005, Karnataka government honoured him with Rajyotsava Award, thus becoming the youngest recipient of this award.
He was conferred a “Young Achiever Award” at the European Parliament by European Parliament and International Association for Human Values. He was honoured while he was invited in the parliament where businessmen were also present. He briefly dated the noted model, Shubha Phutela who passed away in 2012. They jointly have given an interview for the DNA newspaper.
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Updated: December 11, 2015
