N.R.

Narayana Murthy
Founder

In 1981, Narayana Murthy founded Infosys, a global software consulting company

headquartered in Bangalore, He served as the CEO of Infosys during 1981 – 2002, as the
Chairman and Chief Mentor during 1981 – 2011, and as the Chairman Emeritus during
August 2011 – May 2013. Under his leadership, Infosys was listed on NASDAQ in 1999.
Mr. Murthy articulated, designed, and implemented the Global Delivery Model, which has
become the foundation for the huge success in IT services outsourcing from India. He has led
key corporate governance initiatives in India. He is an IT advisor to several Asian countries.
He serves on the boards of Ford Foundation, United Nations Foundation and the Institute for
Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He is a member of the University of Tokyo's
Global Advisory Board. He has served as a member of the HSBC board and the Unilever
board. He has served on the boards of Cornell University, Wharton School, Rhodes Trust and
the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He has also served as the Chairman
of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Mr. Murthy co-chaired the World Economic Forum, Davos in 2005. He was awarded the
2017 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal for Global Innovation by the University of
Virginia Darden School of Business. He was listed among the '12 greatest entrepreneurs of
our time', by the Fortune magazine in 2012. The Economist ranked him among the 10 most-
admired global business leaders in 2005. In 2014, he was ranked 13th among CNBC's 25
global business leaders who have made maximum impact on society during the last 25 years.
Mr. Murthy is ranked among the top 10 of the Financial Times' list of "Business pioneers in
technology", published in March 2015. He is the first Indian winner of Ernst and Young's
World Entrepreneur of the Year award.
He is a foreign member of the US National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of
the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He is the recipient of the 2012 Hoover Medal.
The Tech Museum, San Jose, awarded him the James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian
Award in 2012. He received the 2007 Ernst Weber Medal from the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, USA (IEEE).
He has been awarded the Legion d'honneur by the Government of France, the CBE by the
British government and the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India.
He has also received the Max Schmidheiny Liberty prize. He has appeared in the rankings of
businessmen and innovators published by BusinessWeek, Time, CNN, Fortune, Forbes,
Financial Times and India Today.
He is also a Trustee of the Infosys Science Foundation, which governs the Infosys Prize, an
annual award, to honor outstanding achievements of researchers and scientists across six
categories.

N. R. Narayana Murthy
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Padma Vibhushana

N. R. Narayana Murthy
CBE

Murthy in 2008

Native name ನಾಗವಾರ ರಾಮರಾವ್ ನಾರಾಯಣ ಮೂರ್ತಿ

 Born 20 August 1946 (age 71)[1]

Mysore, Kingdom of Mysore (now, Karnataka), India

Nationality Indian

Alma mater University of Mysore

IIT Kanpur

 Chairman Emeritus Infosys[2]

Occupation
 Board of director United Nations Foundation[3]

 Member of Advisor Board Indusage Partners[4]

Net worth $1.95 billion (November 2017)[5][6]

Spouse(s) Sudha Murthy

Children Rohan Murty, Akshata Murthy[7]

Awards Padma Vibhushan (2008)

Legion of Honour (2008)

Padma Shri (2000)

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy (born 20 August 1946), commonly referred to

as Narayana Murthy, is an Indian IT industrialist and the co-founder of Infosys,[8] a multinational
corporation providing business consulting, technology, engineering, and outsourcing services.
Murthy studied electrical engineering at the National Institute of Engineering, University of
Mysore,[9] and MTech at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
Before starting Infosys, Murthy worked with Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad as chief
systems programmer and Patni Computer Systems in Pune (Maharashtra). He started Infosys in
1981 and served as its CEO from 1981 to 2002 and as chairman from 2002 to 2011. In 2011, he
stepped down from the board and became chairman Emeritus. On 1 June 2013, Murthy was
appointed as Additional Director and Executive Chairman of the board for a period of five
years.[10][11]
Murthy has been listed among the 12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time
by Fortune magazine.[12] He has been described as Father of Indian IT sector by Time magazine
due to his contribution to outsourcing in India.[13] Murthy has also been honoured with the Padma
Vibhushan[14] and Padma Shri awards.[15]

Contents
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 1Early life and education

 2Career
 3Personal life
 4Awards and honours
 5Books
 6Further reading
 7References
 8External links

Early life and education[edit]

Narayana Murthy was born into a Kannada- Madhwa Brahmin family[16] on 20 August 1946
in Sidlaghatta, Kolar district[17]Karnataka. After completing his school education, he went to
the National Institute of Engineering and graduated in 1967 with a degree in Electrical
Engineering. In 1969 he received his master's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur.[18][19]

Career[edit]
Murthy first served as Research Associate under a faculty at IIM Ahmedabad and then later
served as chief systems programmer here.[20] There he worked on India's first time-sharing
computer system[19] and designed and implemented a BASIC interpreter for Electronics
Corporation of India Limited.[21] He started a company named Softronics. When that company
failed after about a year and a half, he joined Patni Computer Systems in Pune.[22]
Murthy and six software professionals founded Infosys in 1981[23][24] with an initial capital injection
of Rs 10,000, which was provided by his wife Sudha Murthy.[25] Murthy served as the CEO of
Infosys for 21 years from 1981 to 2002[23] and was succeeded by co-founder Nandan
Nilekani.[25] At Infosys he articulated, designed and implemented the Global Delivery Model for IT
services outsourcing from India.[26] He was chairman of the board from 2002 to 2006, after which
he became Chairman of the board and Chief Mentor.[25][27] In August 2011, he retired from the
company, taking the title chairman Emeritus.[28][29]
Murthy serves as an independent director on the corporate board of HSBC and has served as a
director on the boards of DBS Bank, Unilever, ICICI and NDTV.[5][30] He also serves as a member
of the advisory boards and councils of several educational and philanthropic
institutions,[5][30] including Cornell University, INSEAD, ESSEC, Ford Foundation, the UN
Foundation, the Indo-British Partnership, Asian Institute of Management, a trustee of the Infosys
Prize, a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and as a trustee of the Rhodes
Trust.[31] He is also Chairman of the Governing board of Public Health Foundation of India.[32] He
serves on the Asia Pacific Advisory Board of British Telecommunications.[30][33] In 2005 he co-
chaired the World Economic Forum in Davos.[34]
On 1 June 2013, Murthy returned to Infosys as Executive chairman and Additional Director. On
12 June 2014 it was announced that Murthy would step down as Executive chairman effective 14
June. He would continue as Non-Executive chairman till 10 October. On 11 October, Murthy will
be designated as chairman Emeritus.[35]
Murthy also serves on the strategic board which advises the national law firm, Cyril Amarchand
Mangaldas, on strategic, policy and governance issues.[36]

Personal life[edit]
His wife, Sudha Murthy, is a social worker and author. She does philanthropic work through the
Infosys Foundation.[37] He has two children, a son Rohan Murty and a daughter Akshata Murthy.
On 1 June 2013, Rohan joined Infosys as an executive assistant to his father.[38] He left Infosys
effective 14 June 2014.[35] Akshata is married to Rishi Sunak a British Conservative MP.[39]

Awards and honours[edit]

Year Name Awarding organization Ref.

2013 25 Greatest Global Indian Living Legends NDTV [40][41][42]

Baroda Management Association,

2013 Sayaji Ratna Award [43]
Vadodara

2013 Philanthropist of the Year The Asian Awards [44]

American Society of Mechanical

2012 Hoover Medal [45]
Engineers

2011 NDTV Indian of the Year's Icon of India NDTV [46]

Institute of Electrical and Electronics

2010 IEEE Honorary Membership [47]
Engineers.

Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Woodrow Wilson International Center

2009 [48]
Citizenship for Scholars

2008 Padma Vibhushan Government of India [49]

2008 Officer of the Legion of Honor Government of France [50]

Commander of the Order of the British

2007 Government of United Kingdom [51]
Empire (CBE)

IEEE Ernst Weber Engineering Leadership Institute of Electrical and Electronics

2007 [52]
Recognition Engineers

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the
2003 [53]
Award Year Jury

2000 Padma Shri Government of India [15]

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