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MR Rangaswami receiving the award / X (Indiaspora)
Indiaspora founder and chairman MR Rangaswami received the Eurostar Global Leadership Award at a ceremony held at the Gherkin in London on Nov. 10.
The event marked the 10th anniversary edition of the global IEA and Eurostar Awards 2025, organized by Mayor of Amesbury, Wiltshire. Fiona Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne and a companion to Queen Camilla, presented the award.
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This is the third honour conferred on Rangaswami this month, following recognitions in New York and Bengaluru.
In a LinkedIn post, Rangaswami said he was grateful to be recognized “among incredible changemakers.”
Rangaswami, an entrepreneur, investor and corporate eco-strategy advocate, has been associated with the growth of Silicon Valley’s software industry, having held senior roles in both established and emerging technology companies.
Indiaspora founder MR Rangaswami was honored at the iconic Gherkin in London for his leadership and global impact on November 10th. MR was awarded the prestigious Eurostar Global Leadership award at the 10th anniversary of the global IEA and Eurostar awards 2025 organised by Cllr… pic.twitter.com/xWGOIBn1qX
— Indiaspora (@IndiasporaForum) November 17, 2025
He co-founded Sand Hill Group in 1997, one of the early angel investment firms in Silicon Valley, and was later featured on the front page of The Wall Street Journal. He has been named to the Forbes “Midas List” of top investors and recognised by CRN as one of the Top 25 Technology Executives.
He established the Corporate Eco Forum in 2007, an invitation-only platform for Global 500 companies that work on sustainability as part of their business strategy.
In 2012, he founded Indiaspora, a network of Indian-origin leaders that convenes an annual leadership forum, philanthropy summit and global community initiatives. The organization was involved in an effort that led to the release of a USPS postal stamp in 2016.
Rangaswami serves on the boards of the Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, The/Nudge Foundation and the WISH Foundation.
His earlier recognitions include the AACSB “Influential Leaders” award in 2015 and the Canada-India Business Council’s Global Service Award in 2020. He is profiled in the books Those Immigrants and The $8 Man, and contributed a chapter to the 2021 book Kamala Harris and the Rise of Indian Americans.
The Eurostar Awards recognize contributions across business, technology, medical, pharma and hospitality sectors. The London ceremony marked a decade of the program.
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