PRESENTATION ON AN

ENTERPRENUER

MR. AZIM PREMJI

PRESENTED BY- PUNEET MEHROTRA

DEEPAK JAISWAL
ADITYA VIKRAM SINGH
 Azim Premji
Chairman & CEO of Wipro Technologies
Born July 24, 1945 (1945-07-24) (age 63)
Azim Premji, (born July 24, 1945), is an Indian
businessman. He is the Chairman of Wipro, one
of the largest software companies in India. Its
headquarters are in Bengaluru, "the Indian
Silicon City". Azim Premji was rated the richest
person in the country from 1999 to 2005 by
Forbes. His wealth in 2006 was estimated at
US$14.8 Billion which places him as the fifth
richest Indian.
 Early life
Hussein Khalil was born to M.H. Hasham Premji. His
grandfather was the rice king of Burma. 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.
He immediately returned to India where he took over the
family's fledgling vegetable oil business, Western Indian
Vegetable Products Limited (now called Wipro). He
eventually received permission to take correspondence art
courses to complete the requirements for his bachelor’s
degree in Electrical Engineering.
 Family & Personal Life

Premji is married to Yasmeen, the couple have

two children, Rishad and Tariq. Rishad is married
to Aditi.
Azim Premji is known for his modesty and
frugality in spite of his wealth. He drives a Toyota
Corolla and flies economy class, prefers to stay in
company guest houses rather than luxury hotels
and even served food on paper plates at a lunch
honouring his son's wedding.
 Awards and Accolades
Premji has been recognized by Business Week as one of the Greatest
Entrepreneurs of All Time for his vision and leadership that has been responsible
for Wipro emerging as one of the world’s fastest growing companies. Premji is the
only Indian to make it to the list.
In 2000, he was conferred an honorary doctorate by the Manipal
Academy of Higher Education. He was also declared the Businessman of the Year
2000 by Business India and is featured in the Business Weeks all-time top 30
entrepreneurs of the world in 2007. He is a member of the Prime Minister's
Advisory Committee for Information Technology in India.
As of October 6, 2007, he is the 5th richest Indian, with a net worth of $13.6
billion.
He was awarded a Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.), an honorary degree , from the
Aligarh Muslim University on the 18th of June, 2008 on the occasion of 58th
Convocation Ceremony of the University.
 Azim Premji Foundation
The Azim Premji Foundation says it "Aims at making a tangible impact on
identified social issues by working in active partnership with the Government
and other related sectors of society". The Foundation was set up with
financial resources contributed by Azim Premji[.
Programmes of the Azim Premji Foundation focus on "creating effective and
scalable models that significantly improve the quality of learning in the
school and ensure satisfactory ownership by the community in the
management of the school". Azim Premji Foundation says it "dedicates itself
to the cause of Universalization of Elementary Education in India". The
organisation has over the years been instrumental in improving the quality of
general education, particularly in rural schools.
Citing a technology initiative, the Foundation reported: "Think of a single PC
with three display terminals, three keyboards and three 'mouses', which can
be simultaneously used as if they are three independent computers".
Five new titles of educational CDs for Indian schools were produced
earlier in 2005. They are:
Friendly Animals and Journey on the Clouds (English)
Swatantra Divas
Fun with Chinchoo in Mathematics
Khel-Mel (Hindi), released in February 2005.
With these, the total number of master titles available is 70.
There are now 68 titles in Karnataka, 42 for Andhra Pradesh, 35 for
Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, 18 for Urdu medium schools, six for
Orissa, 14 for Gujarat, 3 for Punjab and 1 for Kerala.
This Foundation is also involved in computer-based assessment in
Andhra Pradesh (50,000 students took part in early 2005), a
learning guarantee programme, and a policy planning unit in
Karnataka
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