My name is frank mora, the director of the kimberly green Latin American Caribbean Center here at Florida International university. We are, for our friends in cspan, we are here located at the biscayne bay campus of Florida International university here in miami. We have another campus in west dade. The center that i direct is one of the institutes and programs or centers at the steven j. Green school of public and international affairs, again at Florida International university. Were just absolutely delighted to be hosting or cohosting this event. I want to thank our dean here, the dean of the Chaplin School of hospitality and tourism management, mike hampton. Thank you, dean, for supporting this. And this is a great event to have here on your campus, right . Also i want to thank another cohost, the Cuban Research institute. The director is here with us today and will be joining the panel in a second. A little bit about why were here and how we got here. Last year, the Brookings Insti
Prominent free agents in silicon valley. Joining me today on bloombergs studio 1. 0, former softbank president and google chief business officer, nikesh arora. Thanks so much for joining us. Its great to have you. Nikesh thanks so much for having me. Emily i want to start at the beginning. You were born in india. Your dad was in the air force. Tell me about your up bringing. Nikesh i grew up in a lower middle class family in india. My father worked for the Indian Air Force like you mentioned. We moved every few years from city to city, wherever his job took him. We grew up with some degree of discipline in the house, because that is what you get when you work for someone in the armed forces. Emily tell me about how you came to the United States and your initial experience. Nikesh i got accepted to northeastern. The had Foreign Exchange we had Foreign Exchange controls so you could cash about 200 or 300. I had 200 or 300 in my pocket, and i had my fathers retirement account of 3000. He
Prominent free agents in silicon valley. Joining me today on bloombergs studio 1. 0, former softbank president and google chief business officer, nikesh arora. Thanks so much for joining us. Its great to have you. Nikesh thanks so much for having me. Emily i want to start at the beginning. You were born in india. Your dad was in the air force. Tell me about your up bringing. Nikesh i grew up in a lower middle class family in india. My father worked for the Indian Air Force like you mentioned. We moved every few years from city to city, wherever his job took him. We grew up with some degree of discipline in the house, because that is what you get when you work for someone in the armed forces. Emily tell me about how you came to the United States and your initial experience. Nikesh i got accepted to northeastern. The had Foreign Exchange we had Foreign Exchange controls so you could cash about 200 or 300. I had 200 or 300 in my pocket, and i had my fathers retirement account of 3000. He
Prominent free agents in silicon valley. Joining me today on bloombergs studio 1. 0, former softbank president and google chief business officer, nikesh arora. Thanks so much for joining us. Its great to have you. Nikesh thanks so much for having me. Emily i want to start at the beginning. You were born in india. Your dad was in the air force. Tell me about your up bringing. Nikesh i grew up in a lower middle class family in india. My father worked for the Indian Air Force like you mentioned. We moved every few years from city to city, wherever his job took him. We grew up with some degree of discipline in the house, because that is what you get when you work for someone in the armed forces. Emily tell me about how you came to the United States and your initial experience. Nikesh i got accepted to northeastern. The had Foreign Exchange we had Foreign Exchange controls so you could cash about 200 or 300. I had 200 or 300 in my pocket, and i had my fathers retirement account of 3000. He
Prominent free agents in silicon valley. Joining me today on bloombergs studio 1. 0, former softbank president and google chief business officer, nikesh arora. Thanks so much for joining us. Its great to have you. Nikesh thanks so much for having me. Emily i want to start at the beginning. You were born in india. Your dad was in the air force. Tell me about your up bringing. Nikesh i grew up in a lower middle class family in india. My father worked for the Indian Air Force like you mentioned. We moved every few years from city to city, wherever his job took him. We grew up with some degree of discipline in the house, because that is what you get when you work for someone in the armed forces. Emily tell me about how you came to the United States and your initial experience. Nikesh i got accepted to northeastern. The had Foreign Exchange we had Foreign Exchange controls so you could cash about 200 or 300. I had 200 or 300 in my pocket, and i had my fathers retirement account of 3000. He