Asha Jadeja Motwani
Founder & President, Motwani Jadeja Foundation. On 1 show, 2 appearances. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Asha Jadeja Motwani is an angel investor and philanthropist who was a founding stakeholder in Google alongside her late husband, Rajeev Motwani. She leads the Motwani Jadeja Foundation and has invested in more than 200 technology startups.
1shows
2appearances
17statements
9resolved
5supported
1contradicted
56%fully supported
Everything Asha Jadeja Motwani said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Indian businesses face 6,000 regulations that carry criminal penalties, per ORF study
“There is a study, Siddharth, that came out, which I want you and your viewers to read. It's called Jailed for Doing Business. It was done by ORF, Observer Research Foundation in Delhi. Look at the 6000 regulations that companies have to face, and some of them …”
Vinod Khosla offered half a million dollars to acquire early Google
“And I have a feeling that Vinod had made an offer to buy out this, you know, budding little search engine for half a million dollars or something, you know, and people were tempted at that time because nobody had the money in those days.”
Jadeja: Putting America first strengthens a capitalist, market-driven society
“Personally, I'm also beginning to play a role in the Republican Party because I do believe that the idea of sort of putting America first from the American perspective is a good idea. It's a solid idea. It also strengthens the American vision of a capitalist s…”
US think tanks have only 5 India scholars compared to 500 Chinese
“In the think tank world, I've been looking for India scholars to support. There is a handful, three, four, five, while the Chinese would be 500.”
Jadeja: Indian Academia Lacks Professors in Policy, Political Economy, and Statecraft
“We have a lot of Indian professors studying engineering and computer science. Sure. Chemical engineering. Sure. Business. Sure. But we don't have people studying policy, political economy, Statecraft and security.”
Jadeja is among the first major Indian-American donors backing Trump and Vance
“I, I'm, I think I'm the first one, probably one of the first largest donors in the Republican Party. And I've been working pretty closely on supporting initiatives that, ah, you know, support things that are dear to JD Vance and, ah, you know, President Trump …”
Jadeja: Silicon Valley shifted right under Biden to escape regulation
“After the Biden administration for some reason, I think the Silicon Valley as a whole started shifting to the right in terms of values, conservative values of saying less regulation, less big government, and more freedom for the tech sector to do what it needs…”
Indian diaspora vote will shift from 70-30 to 60-40 Democrat-Republican
“70% of Indians, Indian diaspora people normally vote Democratic and 30% Republican. I think we'll start seeing a shift now. It'll be more like 60, 40. 60 Democrat, 40 Republican.”
Jadeja: India Is the Only Country with Open Doors to Russia and Ukraine
“India is the only country that has its foot in the door open with Russia and with Ukraine.”
Jadeja: India's Burdensome Regulations Drive Top Founders to Emigrate
“We are losing the best people because they don't want to be having to deal with regulations and cumbersome, you know, obstacles to business.”
The foundational DNA of Google is late Stanford professor Rajiv Motwani
“Yes, the DNA of Google is Rajiv Motwani. That's the DNA. And every Indian should know that.”
Rajeev Motwani's theoretical research led to Google's PageRank and AnchorText algorithms
“I think Rajiv's work in fundamental computer science, in theoretical computer science, has led to many algorithms, actually. One of which turned out to be PageRank and AnchorText, and those two algorithms powered the search that ultimately became Google.”
Rajeev Motwani was one of only five people given Google founder shares
“And so Rajiv got founder shares in the company. And I think it was four or five people only that got founder shares apart from Larry and Sergey.”
Jadeja: Rajeev Motwani's foundational algorithms underlie modern AI models
“And this is true even in AI, which I did not know. But people tell me now, because I am not that tech savvy. But people tell me now that even in the AI, the foundation, you know, models of AI, it's Rajiv's mind that's at work.”
Rajiv Motwani received founder shares in Google rather than seed equity
“Rajiv was not a seed investor. He was a founding stakeholder. So they gave him shares, you know, as a founder.”
Rajeev Motwani was one of the first investors in PayPal
“Rajeev was also one of the first investors in PayPal.”
Jadeja: Indian diaspora remittances have grown to nearly $120 billion annually
“I think Indians diaspora is the one that sends the largest amount back to India, to its family. And I think it used to be 80,000,000,002 years ago. I think it's probably closer to hundred and twenty billion now, which the Indians sent back home to families.”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Asha's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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 NEON SHOWLEDGER | Founder & President, Motwani Jadeja Foundation | 2 | 17 | 56% 5/9 | full record on the Neon Show → |