Top Story: My Son Raj Subramaniam, The FedEx CEO

 'He is a busy man these days, still, he makes it a point to call me at least once a month.'

Raj Subramaniam is the present-day addition to the listing of Indian Americans like Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Parag Agrawal, and Arvind Krishna who've reached pinnacle positions in a number of the fundamental American organizations. Raj's brother Rajeev Subramaniam additionally works with FedEx, inside the IT division. I became a totally liberal father, now no longer strict at all. 

Were your sons now no longer inquisitive about the civil carrier or medicinal drug-like their parents? 

My 2nd son became inquisitive about the medicinal drugs, however somehow, he determined to look at pc science. In the Kerala front exam, he had a totally excessive rank and was given admission to the Trivandrum Engineering university to look at pc science. My first son became now no longer inquisitive about each civil carrier or medicinal drug. One day, I requested him this main query: 

'Would you be inquisitive about writing the civil offerings exam?' 

Probably, each father asks this query. I notion he might be in shape with inside the civil offerings very properly. I gave him the trace that if he joined the civil offerings very early, his seniority became assured. For someone becoming a member of late, the probabilities of achieving the pinnacle are restricted due to the fact seniority is one of the important standards for promotions inside the IAS. 

The notion it over for a second and said, 'I am now no longer inquisitive about civil offerings. He became now no longer inquisitive about the IAS at all. But you desired him to write down the civil offerings exam... I became eager that him to join the civil offerings, especially the IAS, as it became the best carrier. I felt he might do extraordinarily properly as an IAS officer. 

Then, of the route, it's far secure and promoted via way of means of seniority not like with inside the company zone in India and plenty extra so with inside the US wherein each merchandising is primarily based totally on benefit and now no longer seniority. Whereas in civil offerings, merchandising and your upward thrust to the pinnacle are assured primarily based totally on your seniority. I instructed you, that we're a totally liberal family wherein youngsters might determine what they desired to do. 

I study that it became via way of means of coincidence that Raj joined FedEx. Is it true?

Many college students needed to come again to India due to the fact they did now no longer got jobs there. The FedEx group had come to Raj's college for a campus interview and one of the boys who were given decided on to paintings at FedEx got here again to Madras to enroll in his own circle of relatives' business. 

These days, younger human beings flow from one enterprise to some other pretty often, however, Raj caught FedEx for 30 years, and now he has ended up the CEO... Not simply Raj, my 2nd son additionally has been with FedEx for 28 years. Once they begin working, they ought to now no longer get enamored of the cash and way of life different organizations offer. 

I see that a few human beings extrude jobs each year. Do you sense his loyalty to the enterprise and tough paintings helped Raj in turn into the CEO? You want extra time to recognize large organizations. So, in the case of Raj, it came about each way... It became a steady evaluation, and inside the process, the enterprise felt they discovered their guy. 

Last -and-a-1/2 of years, they have got now no longer come right here additionally because of the pandemic. It is like all own circle of relatives speaking to every different.

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