Herman D'Souza hdsouza2000 at yahoo.com Wed Feb 27 20:03:33 PST 2008 > One of the Goan NRI in UK is Keith Vaz. The other person I remember was Dr. Simon Fernandes in Dhobitalao who was a great personality > Many Goans have success stories in their small contribution they make to the community and business alike which I think should be highlighted too as role models. > Mario adds: > While there are many exemplary individual Goans in India and elsewhere who are success stories because of their stellar contributions to the human condition - philanthropist George Pinto of Sudharop would be one example, satirist extraordinaire Cecil Pinto would be another - here are some Goan NRIs who have achieved extraordinary success in the highly competitive United States in head-to-head competition with Americans and others in corporate and academic settings: > 1. Victor Menezes, Chairman of Citigroup [Retired] > 2. Dinesh D'Souza, Best selling author and politically conservative philosopher and polemicist. > 3. Francisco D'Souza, CEO of Cognizant Technologies. > There may be others I am not aware of. >
