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Rao Remala is an Indian former software developer, now angel investor, and philanthropist.[1] He was one of the lead developers of the first version of Microsoft Windows.

Life

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Rao Remala was born in T. Kothapalem village Nagayalanka Mandalam in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, India, to a Kapu family.[2][3] He received a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from NIT Warangal and master's degree from IIT Kanpur.[1]

Remala worked at HCL[4][5] before he was hired at Microsoft in 1981, becoming the first Indian employee of the company.[6]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Rao V. Remala Executive profile & Biography - Business week". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. Chidanand, Rajghattal. "Dil da maamla or Bill da maamla? Part II". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. TNN. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  3. Remala, Rao; Bhatt, Amy (20 March 2008). "Rao V. Remala, Interview". University of Washington, University Libraries, South Asian Oral History Project.
  4. Manes, Stephen; Paul Andrews (1994). Gates: how Microsoft's mogul reinvented an industry and made himself the richest man in America. Simon & Schuster. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-671-88074-3.
  5. Allan, Roy A. (2001). A history of the personal computer: the people and the technology. Allan Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-9689108-0-1.
  6. LIFS. "Rao Remala Microsoft's First Indian Hire". littleindia.com. Little India. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2016.