San Francisco Chronicle
Indian Americans are expanding their resumes beyond business — to being political and civic leaders — because they understand "that becoming a U.S. citizen is a huge responsibility — and they embrace it."
Indian Americans have founded 13 percent of startups in Silicon Valley and nearly 7 percent of them nationwide, according to research by Stanford and UC Berkeley.
"We can be tough entrepreneurs," said Yogi Chugh, "maybe because we know what it's like to come from a place where so many live on the edge." He emigrated from New Delhi to the valley as a teenager in 1981 and now is managing director of S5 Advisory, a corporate real estate firm.