Indian immigrant worked as janitor in US, later built businesses worth billions

When Sharran Srivatsaa arrived in the US from India in 1997, he was not carrying a business empire, a powerful network or a high-paying job. He was a college freshman trying to pay his bills, working as a janitor and struggling with something that would follow him into job interviews- his thick Indian accent. At one point, he was told that he would never get employed unless he learned how to speak differently.More than two decades later, he has worked at Goldman Sachs, built and sold businesses, helped scale two companies to billion-dollar valuations and, in 2026, took over as CEO of Acquisition.com, the investment firm founded by Alex and Leila Hormozi.Here’s what it took for Sharran to fulfil his American dream.1997: Arriving in America and cleaning floorsSrivatsaa has described his arrival in the US as a period when he was simply trying to get by.