India, July 30 -- India-born Shailesh Jejurikar is all set to become Procter & Gamble's next chief executive officer, the latest of a series of India-born managers to head a global giant.

Procter & Gamble, based in Cincinnati, said Jejurikar, its current chief operating officer, would replace Jon Moeller as CEO from January 1, 2026.

With this appointment, Jejurikar joins a growing club of Indian-origin leaders heading some of the world's largest companies.

The club includes Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Alphabet and Google's Sundar Pichai, Adobe's Shantanu Narayen, IBM's Arvind Krishna, and Apple's newly named COO, Sabih Khan.

Jejurikar, 58, joined P&G in 1989 as an assistant brand manager after graduating in 1989 from the Indian Institu...