Azim Premji

Azim Hashim Premji (born 24 July 1945) is an Indian businessman, investor, engineer, and philanthropist.

Azim Premji
Azim Premji
Premji at the World Economic Forum, 2013
Born
Azim Hashim Premji

(1945-07-24) 24 July 1945 (age 81)
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
(Present-day Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)[1]
Alma materStanford University (B.S.E)[2]
OccupationFounder Chairman of Wipro
Children2, including Rishad[3]
HonoursPadma Vibhushan (2011)
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Azim Hashim Premji (born 24 July 1945) is an Indian businessman, investor, engineer, and philanthropist.

He is the chairman of Wipro Limited. He is informally known as the Czar of the Indian IT Industry (the industry built around IT).[4][5] He is a key figure in the software industry.[6][7]

In 2010, he was voted among the 20 most powerful men in the world by Asiaweek.[8] He has twice been listed among the 100 most influential people by TIME Magazine, once in 2004 and again in 2011.[9]

He is currently the tenth-richest person in India, with a net worth of US$7.2 billion as of October 2019.

In 2013, he agreed to give away at least half of his wealth by signing The Giving Pledge. Premji started with a $2.2 billion donation to the Azim Premji Foundation, which focuses on education in India.[10]

References

  1. ↑ G. Craine, Anthony (14 May 2010). "Azim Premji". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Forbes List Directory". Forbes. 3 November 2009. Archived from the original on 29 November 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "What you didn't know about Rishad Premji". Rediff.com. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  4. ↑ Bhupathi Reddy (30 August 2015). "Top 10 Entrepreneurs of India". EntrepreneurSolutions.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Srikar Muthyala (29 September 2015). "The List of Great Entrepreneurs of India in 2015". MyBTechLife. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Azim Premji Profile Forbes.com. Retrieved September 2010.
  7. ↑ "The World's Billionaires". Forbes. 3 March 2009. Archived from the original on 16 March 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  8. ↑ "Azim Premji: Latest News, Videos and Azim Premji Photos | Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  9. ↑ Gates, Bill. (21 April 2011) Azim Premji – The 2011 TIME 100 Archived 2011-11-27 at the Wayback Machine. TIME. Retrieved on 12 November 2011.
  10. ↑ Karmali, Naazneen. "Azim Premji Donates $2.3 Billion After Signing Giving Pledge". Forbes. Retrieved 22 April 2017.


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