# The Indian Who Helped Build Silicon Valley

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Podcast: [Grand Tamasha](https://stenobird.com/podcast/grand-tamasha-340012)
Published: 2026-04-22T01:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Kanwal Rekhi was the first Indian-American founder & CEO to take a venture-backed company public on the NASDAQ. He also co-founded and built The Indus Entrepreneurs—or TiE—into the largest global network of Indian entrepreneurs. He writes about his life in his new memoir, which traces his remarkable journey from a modest upbringing in India to becoming one of the most influential figures in the Indian diaspora in the United States. Kanwal joins Milan to discuss his lifelong passion for entrepreneurship, his modest upbringing and challenging early family life, and his role in building the modern Internet.

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