Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
The technology world is witnessing massive changes, and it is mostly youngsters who are driving these changes.
Let's have a look at some young Silicon Valley's chief executive officials.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: Sahil Lavingia.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: He lives in San Francisco.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
He is standing in front of a mural along the street near his home, which doubles as his office in the Soma neighbourhood of San Francisco, United States.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: He was born in New York.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
Lavingia was born in New York and grew up in places like London, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: He dropped out of the University of Southern California.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
He dropped out of the University of Southern California to work at online bulletin board company Pinterest.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: He also developed the Turntable.fm.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
He also developed the Turntable.fm app for the iPhone.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: His products include Dayta.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
His products include Dayta, that's a data tracking application for iPhone, and Rmmbr, a note-taking web app that doesn't require registration.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: He has created more than 20 products.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
Lavingia has created more than 20 products.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: Josh Buckley.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
Josh Buckley
Age: 20
CEO: Minomonsters
Buckley is a British technology businessman and entrepreneur.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: Buckley sold a company when he was still in high school.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
Buckley sold a previous company for a low six figures when he was still in high school in Maidstone, England.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: Big-name venture-capital firms back his current company.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
His current company is backed by big-name venture-capital firms.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: He was born in England.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
Buckley was born and raised in Kent, England. He was selected in Forbes Magazine's Forbes 30 under 30 in January 2012.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: He moved to Santa Clara, California.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
After graduating high school in 2010, Buckley moved to Santa Clara, California, to participate in Y Combinator.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: MinoMonsters is building the next Pokemon.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
His company MinoMonsters is building the next Pokemon, says Forbes..
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: Tim Chae.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
Tim Chae
Age: 20
CEO: Post Rocket
Chae works at his computer where he attends "500 Startups," a crash course for young companies run by a funding firm of the same name, in Mountain View. California.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: He hopes investors will look more kindly on all young entrepreneurs.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
He is hoping the upcoming Facebook IPO will help investors look more kindly on all young entrepreneurs.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: He first dove into trade and commerce when he was nine years old.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
He says on his website that he first dove into trade and commerce when he was nine years old.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: He immigrated from Seoul, South Korea.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
Having just immigrated from my birthplace of Seoul, South Korea, I needed to connect with my peers in a way that would bridge my language barrier of not being able to speak or understand English, he says.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: He tried to create a clothing line.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
After spending all of the $300 grant from my parents on trying to create my own clothing line at the age of 15 and only selling a handful of T-shirts, I was devastated, says Chae.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: He won scholarships in high school.During his senior year at Oak Ridge High School in El Dorado Hills, California, he was fortunate enough to win some scholarships.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: He decided to start his first major startup called nuFlw Entertainment.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
But, instead of putting that towards his upcoming expensive tuition at Babson, he decided to start his first major startup called nuFlw Entertainment.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: It was with nuFlw that he got his first crack at managing employees.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
It was with nuFlw that he got his first crack at managing employees and staff as he hired around 30 staff members, including managers, security, DJs, and promoters.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: He got his first exposure in freshman year.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
In his second semester of freshman year at Babson, he got his first exposure in corporate entry-level and internship recruiting.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: He says no corporate recruiter wanted to talk to a freshman.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
He says no corporate recruiter wanted to talk to a freshman and college counsellors were just as quizzical about meeting with a 18-year-old.
Indian among Silicon Valley's youngest CEOs
Image: Startup life is not that glamorous, he says.Photographs: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
He says startup life isn't glamorous as it seems.
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