Rao Remala

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Rao Remala is an Indian former software developer, now angel investor, and philanthropist. [1] He was one of the lead developers of the first version of Microsoft Windows.

Life

Rao Remala was born in T. Kothapalem village Nagayalanka Mandalam in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, India, to a peasant family. [2] [3] He received a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from NIT Warangal and master's degree from IIT Kanpur. [1]

Remala worked at HCL [4] [5] before he was hired at Microsoft in 1981, becoming the first Indian employee of the company. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rao V. Remala Executive profile & Biography - Business week". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Chidanand, Rajghattal. "Dil da maamla or Bill da maamla? Part II". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. TNN. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Remala, Rao; Bhatt, Amy (20 March 2008). "Rao V. Remala, Interview". University of Washington, University Libraries, South Asian Oral History Project.
  4. ↑ Manes, Stephen; Paul Andrews (1994). Gates: how Microsoft's mogul reinvented an industry and made himself the richest man in America. Simon & Schuster. p. 221. ISBN   978-0-671-88074-3.
  5. ↑ Allan, Roy A. (2001). A history of the personal computer: the people and the technology. Allan Publishing. p. 40. ISBN   978-0-9689108-0-1.
  6. ↑ LIFS. "Rao Remala Microsoft's First Indian Hire". littleindia.com. Little India. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
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