A personality revered by all the software professionals and an icon to the aspiring youth of the country, Azim Premji besides being the Chairman of Wipro Technologies, is a good human being who has never failed to inspire the young entrepreneurs. Initially starting with cooking oil to household goods to software, the company under the flag of his leadership never failed to deliver its best.
Early Genesis
Azim Premji was born in the year 1945 in Mumbai in a Gujarat Muslim family. He studied electrical engineering at Stanford University, US when he had to come back to India to take care of his family business because of the sudden demise of his father. He took control of ‘Wipro’ the company that dealt in the business of vegetable oil at the age of 21 and his success that followed afterwards is history. Azim Premji is happily married to Yasmin Premji with two children, Rishad and Tariq.
A devoted professional and hard worker, Azim Premji took ‘Wipro’ to an admirable height. Eventually ‘Wipro’ grew into a 3,500 Crore empire. Today ‘Wipro’ is included among the top hundred technological companies in the world and Azim Premji holds the position of the richest man in country his property amounting to around 17.1 billion US dollars. Azim has taken his company to the height from where it operates with the major IT companies of the world namely Nokia, Cisco, Nortel, Alcatel and General Electric company. Under Azim Premji the company has spread its wings in the fields of IT, R & D Services and BPO. The largest outsourcing company in India and research and service provider, ‘Wipro’ has ventured into the areas which nobody could think of.
Other Achievements
For his stupendous contribution to the field of software technology Azim Premji has received several awards and accolades. He has been titled ‘Businessman of the year 2000’ by Business India, ‘Business leader of the year 2004’ by Economic Times, one of the ‘100 most influential people in the world’ by the Financial Times in the year 2004, ‘One of the 25 most powerful business leaders outside the USA’ by Fortune in the year 2003 and “power to effect change” by Forbes in the year 2003. He has also been facilitated and honored by the title of doctorate by the Indian Institute of Technology,Roorkee and Manipal Academy of Higher Education. He is the first person in India who received the ‘Faraday Medal’ in the year 2005. He has been given the title of ‘Padmabhushana’ by the government of India.
The Other side of him
Azim Premji has contributed a lot to the development of the country. He has started an organization known by the name of ‘Azim Premji Foundation’ which works with the sole motto of providing primary education to every single child of the country. Having around 17,000 schools operating under the organization, Premji finances for all its requirements.
A man of principles and ethics, Azim Premji has never compromised with the quality and level of commitment to his work. He is informed of all the officials working for his company who respect and revere their employer for the strength of his character. ‘Don’t do anything that you’re unwilling to have published in tomorrow’s newspaper with your photograph next to it’ -is the slogan of his company with which it has reached the zenith of success and fame.
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