Two-thirds have a graduate degree. Sun Microsystems, Cirrus Logic, CyberMedia. Success is breeding success. The community has an increasingly stronger track record. Some common denominators help to explain this phenomenon, according to a number of California's most prominent Indian-Americans.
Indian immigrants tend to be highly educated.
They excelled in the best Indian universities and garnered places in top American graduate schools. They are the products of a tightly knit family structure. They are fluent in English. The very fact they were willing to immigrate shows they are more willing than most to take risks. Then, there's a kind of cultural mix that many Indian immigrants find liberating.