Verinder K SyalVerinder K. Syal, born in India, came to the United States in 1971 at the age of twenty-two. During his successful business career, he has run both large businesses--such as Quaker Oats Breakfast Foods, Rice-A-Roni, Ghirardelli Chocolate, and tella Cheese--and smaller ones, including two he started himself. For the past decade, Syal has been a consultant and a highly regarded professor, first at Loyola Business School, and more recently at Northwestern University where he teaches two undergraduate courses. Read More Read Less