This CEO was denied US visa thrice, now heads a $1 trillion firm

May 28, 2026 | 19:26 IST

Sanjay Mehrotra (left) with PM Narendra Modi during the latter's visit to Micron's factory in Sanand, Gujarat

Sanjay Mehrotra is CEO of Micron Technology, the memory-chip giant that just crossed a market cap of $1 trillion to break into the top 10 US companies by valuation

Washington : In the summer of 1976, a Kanpur-born teenage engineering student from BITS Pilani stood in the lobby of the US embassy in Delhi after being denied a student visa for the third time. His father, who had accompanied him, refused to leave.

He had seen the photo of the consular officer in the lobby, gleaned that consular officer was out for lunch, and decided he would wait to buttonhole him to ask why his son was being denied the visa despite confirmed admissions to three universities and all documentation in order.

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This CEO was denied US visa thrice, now heads a $1 trillion firm

Sanjay Mehrotra is CEO of Micron Technology, the memory-chip giant that just crossed a market cap of $1 trillion to break into the top 10 US companies by valuation

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This CEO was denied US visa thrice, now heads a $1 trillion firm

​Sanjay Mehrotra is CEO of Micron Technology, the memory-chip giant that just crossed a market cap of $1 trillion to break into the top 10 US companies by valuation

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Sanjay Mehrotra is CEO of Micron Technology, the memory-chip giant that just crossed a market cap of $1 trillion to break into the top 10 US companies by valuation