Business Leader Azim Premji

MANISH KUMAR[B.B.A. II (A)] Under guidance –

Roll No.33

Prof. B. R. Patil (MBA. M. Phil)

Profile of Business Leader History of business Leader Vision Of Business Leader Awards of business Leader Information of His company Conclusion

Born

Residence

July 24, 1945 (age 63) (age 63       Mumbai, India

     Bangalore, India

Net worth ▼ $14.8 billion Spouse's

Yasmeen Premji

Azim H. Premji was born to M.H. Hasham Premji. His grandfather was the rice king of Burma. His father had declined an invitation from M.A.Jinnah to go to Pakistan. Premji attended St. Mary's School I.C.S.E. in Mazagaon, Mumbai. He was just finishing his undergraduate engineering studies at Stanford University in 1966 when his father passed away Premji started off with a simple vision: to build an organization on a foundation of values He eventually received permission to take correspondence art courses to complete the requirements for his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

“Significantly contribute to achieve quality universal education that facilitates a just, equitable and humane society”. Under his leadership, the fledgling US$ 2 million hydrogenated cooking fat company has grown to a US$1.76 billion IT Services organization serving customers across the globe.

Greatest Entrepreneurs Of All Time – By Business Week Doctorate From Manipal Academy Of Higher Education In 2000 Businessman Of The Year 2000 – By Business India Member Of Prime Ministry Advisory Committee For Information Technology In India 5th Richest Indian with $13.6 billion worth In 2007

Doctor Of Letters (D.Litt.) From Aligarh Muslim University In 2008

1947 – Wipro started vegetable oil company from old mill by father 1966 - Took leadership of the company at age of 21 1975 – Wipro converted into a consumer goods (FMCG) and later set up Wipro fluid

1979 - Licensed technology from Sentinel Computers in the United States and began building India's first mini-computers. 1980 - Wipro moved in software delivery and started developing customized software packages for their hardware customers. 1981 - Subsequently invented the first Indian 8086 chip. 1992 - Wipro began to grow its root off shore in United Stated and by 2000 listed Wipro Ltd ADRs was listed on New York Stock Exchange

After studying Mr. Azim Premji I conclude that he is too economical and still travels in economic class while traveling out of country and lives in company's guest house. He is well known and popular industrialist in India and also in the world.