Indian-origin CEO Raj Subramaniam was conferred with the prestigious 2023 Horatio Alger Award along with twelve other distinguished business leaders at the 76th Horatio Alger Award Induction Ceremonies in Washington, D.C. on April 1, 2023.
Each year, the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization, honors present outstanding leaders who have displayed extraordinary perseverance in overcoming challenges with the Award.
In his congratulatory message to Subramaniam, Indian Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu tweeted, “Happy to see the journey of a young man from Thiruvananthapuram to Tennessee, which also underlines the potential of India-U.S.partnership, felicitated at the iconic event.”
At the #HoratioAlgerAwards 2023
— Taranjit Singh Sandhu (@SandhuTaranjitS) April 1, 2023
Happy to see journey of a young man from #Thiruvananthapuram to #Tennessee, which also underlines the potential of 🇮🇳🇺🇸 partnership, felicitated at the iconic event.
Congrats Raj Subramaniam, President & CEO @FedEx! pic.twitter.com/b7MtVMdMQY
President and CEO of FedEx Corporation, Subramaniam serves on the board of directors of FedEx Corporation, the Procter & Gamble Company, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s China Center Advisory Board, FIRST, the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum, and the U.S.-China Business Council. He is also a member of the U.S.-India CEO Forum.
An IIT alumnus,t he CEO earned a master's degree in chemical engineering from Syracuse University and a master’s degree in business administration from The University of Texas at Austin.
