THE

‘IT’
GUY AZIM PREMJI
Chairman of
Wipro Technologies
A PEEP INTO THE LIFE OF
TECH KING OF INDIA

AZIM PREMJI
Presented By :
Nandha
Sachin
 AZIM PREMJI’S LIFE-AT A GLANCE

 Born in the year of 1945 in Bombay.

 Bhora muslim by religion.
 He has completed his electronic engineering
from Stanford University, USA.
 AS A BUSINESS PERSONALITY HIS
JOURNEY TOWARDS SUCESS

 He had took over the reign of his family run

business at the young age of 21 in 1986.
 The biggest hurdle was to win the confidence of
the shareholders.
 Diversification of family run business into a
large empire.
 From vegitable oil business to one of the largest
IT service provider and software behemoth.
 PERSONALITY TRAITS

 Value-oriented person.
 Down-to-earth personality.
 High on action.
 Believes in professionalism.
 Prefers solitude to the spotlight.
 WIPRO Limited.

 Wipro (Western india Vegetable products

Limited)
 One of the largest IT service provider and
software behemoth.
 Wipro was set up in Amalner, Headquarters in
Maharashtra in 1945. Bangalore, India
 In 1970s it began to expand and made
foray into IT business.
 In 1975, Wipro marketed india’s first
homegrown PC.
 Revenue stands at $ 3.47 billion
 PHILANTHROPIC ACTIVITIES

National Learning Conference - 2007

Aims at making a tangible
impact on identified social issues
by working in active partnership
with the Govt. and other related
section of the society.
Mid-day Meal and the Joy of Learning
progranne
 AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

 Richest person in the country from 1999 to 2005 by

Forbes.
 Asia week magazine voted him among the 20 most
powerful men in the world in 2000.
 Awarded an honorary doctorate by the Manipal
Academy of higher education in 2000.
 Business man of the year 2000 by Business india.
 Featured among the 100 most influential people in the
world by Times magazine in 2004.
 Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2005 by Govt. of india.
 Member of the Prime minister’s Advisory committee
for information technology in india.
 Featured in the business week all-time top 30
entrepreneurs of the world in 2007.
 VISION

 To put it’s IT software and IT services on

global radar.
 Build an organization on foundation of values.
 Work with existing government initiatives and
create new ones to improve access, content and
delivery of education.