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Kanwal Rekhi
Indian-American businessman (born 1945)
Kanwal Singh Rekhi (born August 29, 1945) (Punjabi : ਕੰਵਲ ਰੇਖੀ) is an Indian-American businessman.
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He was the first Indian-American founder and CEO to take a venture-backed company public on the Nasdaq stock exchange.[2]
Career
Rekhi had worked as an engineer, systems analyst, and manager before venturing into entrepreneurship.
At the age of 36, he moved to San Jose, California and co-founded Excelan in 1982, a manufacturer of smart Ethernet components, and was named president and CEO in 1985.[citation needed] The company went public on the Nasdaq in 1987, and merged with Novell in 1989.
He remained at Novell as an executive vice-president and the -chief technology officer of the company, later joining the board of directors.[citation needed] Rekhi retired from Novell in 1995.[3] After leaving Novell, he was the CEO at CyberMedia[citation needed] from January 1