In his farewell address, Ronald Reagan described America as the “shining city on a hill”, open to “anyone with the will and heart to get here”. I was one of those inspired to try, and today the dynamic mix of academics and entrepreneurs who energise the world’s technology leader still strikes me as a marvel. Of the top 100 US companies, 10 now have chief executives who were born in my home country, India, a breakthrough that could have happened only in a capitalist meritocracy.
在他的告別演說中,隆納•雷根(Ronald Reagan)將美國描述爲「山頂上的璀璨之城」,對「任何有意願和決心來到這裏的人」敞開大門。我就是其中一個受到鼓舞而嘗試的人,如今,這個激勵著世界科技領導者的學術界和企業家的動態混合仍然讓我感到驚歎。在美國前100家公司中,有10家公司的執行長出生在我的祖國印度,這是隻有在資本主義精英制度下才可能發生的突破。