Nagavara kamarao Narayana Murthy ls an lndlan lndusLrlallsL and sofLware englneer Pe and

slx oLher englneers founded lnfosys ln 1981 Mr MurLhy served as CLC from 1981 Lo 2002
lrom 2002 Lo 2011 he served as Chalrman ln 2011 he became Chalrman LmerlLus
8orn lnLo a kannada Madhwa 8rahmln famlly ln Mysore karnaLaka on AugusL 20 1946 Mr
MurLhy graduaLed wlLh a degree ln elecLrlcal englneerlng from Lhe naLlonal lnsLlLuLe of
Lnglneerlng unlverslLy of Mysore ln 1967 Pe recelved hls masLers degree from ll1 kanpur ln
1969
CAkLLk
Mr MurLhys flrsL [ob poslLlon was aL llM Ahmedabad where he
worked as Lhe chlef sysLems programmer Pe developed a Llme
sharlng sysLem and deslgned and lmplemenLed a
8ASlC lnLerpreLer for LClL (LlecLronlcs CorporaLlon of lndla
LlmlLed)
AfLer llM Ahmedabad he sLarLed a company named SofLronlcs ln
1976 When LhaL company falled he [olned aLnl CompuLer
SysLems ln une Mr MurLhy meL hls wlfe Sudha MurLhy ln une
who was an englneer worklng aL 1aLa Lnglneerlng and
LocomoLlve Co LLd (1elco now known as 1aLa MoLors) aL Lhe
Llme
AfLer seLLllng down ln une Mr MurLhy cofounded lnfosys ln 1981 wlLh an lnlLlal caplLal
ln[ecLlon of 8s 10000 whlch was lnvesLed by hls wlfe Sudha MurLy MurLhy served as
LheCLC of lnfosys for 21 years and was succeeded by cofounder nandan nllekanl ln 2002 AL
lnfosys he arLlculaLed deslgned and lmplemenLed Lhe Clobal uellvery Model whlch has become
Lhe foundaLlon for Lhe huge success ln l1 servlces ouLsourclng from lndla Pe also lead Lhe
company Lhrough several key declslons lncludlng lLs llsLlng on Lhe lndlan sLock exchange and on
Lhe nASuAC
Pe had Lhe execuLlve poslLlon of Chalrman of Lhe 8oard from 2002 Lo 2006 when he became
Lhe nonexecuLlve Chalrman of Lhe 8oard and Chlef MenLor ln AugusL 2011 he reLlred
compleLely from Lhe company and Laklng Lhe LlLle Chalrman LmerlLus

ACnLIVLMLN1S
Cne of Lhe founders of lnfosys 1echnologles LlmlLed Chosen as Lhe World LnLrepreneur of Lhe
?ea2003

Pe ls a llvlng legend and an eplLome of Lhe facL LhaL honesLy Lransparency and moral lnLegrlLy
are noL aL varlance wlLh buslness acumen Pe seL new sLandards ln corporaLe governance and
morallLy when he sLepped down as Lhe LxecuLlve Chalrman of lnfosys

8orn on AugusL 20 1946 n8 narayana MurLhy ls a 8L LlecLrlcal from unlverslLy of Mysore
(1967) and M1ech from ll1 kanpur (1969) narayan MurLhy began hls career wlLh aLnl
CompuLer SysLems ln une ln 1981 narayana MurLhy founded lnfosys wlLh slx oLher sofLware
professlonals ln 1987 lnfosys opened lLs flrsL lnLernaLlonal offlce ln uSA

WlLh Lhe llberallzaLlon of lndlan economy ln 1990s lnfosys grew rapldly ln 1993 Lhe company
came up wlLh lLs lC ln 1993 lnfosys seL up developmenL cenLers across clLles ln lndla and ln
1996 lL seL up lLs flrsL offlce ln Lurope ln MllLon keynes uk ln 1999 lnfosys became Lhe flrsL
lndlan company Lo be llsLed on nASuAC 1oday (ln 2006) lnfosys has a Lurnover of more Lhan $
2bllllon and has employee sLrengLh of over 30000 ln 2002 lnfosys was ranked no 1 ln Lhe
8esL Lmployers ln lndla 2002 survey conducLed by PewlLL and ln Lhe 8uslness Worlds survey
of lndlas MosL 8especLed Company ConducLed ln Lhe same year

Along wlLh Lhe growLh of lnfosys narayana MoorLhy Loo has grown ln sLaLure Pe has recelved
many honors and awards ln !une 2000 Aslaweek magazlne feaLured hlm ln a llsL of Aslas 30
MosL owerful eople ln 2001 narayana MurLhy was named by 1lML/Cnn as one of Lhe 23
mosL lnfluenLlal global execuLlves Pe was Lhe flrsL reclplenL of Lhe lndolrench lorum Medal
(2003) and was voLed Lhe World LnLrepreneur of Lhe ?ear 2003 by LrnsL and ?oung 1he
LconomlsL ranked narayana MurLhy elghLh on Lhe llsL of Lhe 13 mosL admlred global leaders
(2003) and narayana MurLhy also Lopped Lhe Lconomlc 1lmes CorporaLe uossler llsL of lndlas
mosL powerful CLCs for Lwo consecuLlve years 2004 and 2003
LLADLkSnI S1LL
-Pls underlylng prlnclple
ls LhaL you underLake Lo do someLhlng you are confldenL of and have Lhe capablllLy Lo do lL
1hls helps Lo lay Lhe foundaLlon Lo bulld a healLhy relaLlonshlp Pe also belleves LhaL lL ls beLLer
Lo have a small parL of a large growlng ple Lhan a large parL of small shrlnklng one

-Slmple llvlnghlgh Lhlnklng
A man who belleves ln 'Slmple llvlng hlgh Lhlnklng' Lven Lhough he has a personal wealLh of 8s
2300 crores hls llfesLyle remalns modesL Pe llves ln a slmple 2bed room flaL ln SanLacruz
Mumbal

-underpromlslng Cverdellverlng
Pe has Lremendous respecL for people and sound phllosophy of underpromlslng over
dellverlng" 1hls helps hlm bulld a healLhy longLerm relaLlonshlp wlLh hls colleagues
employees famlly frlends buslness assoclaLes and neLwork of shareholders

-loneer ln P8M
Mr MurLhy says LhaL hls ls an P8based lndusLry SofLware ls a knowledge buslness hence Lhe
focus ls shlfLed Lo 8ralnware lL was he who sLarLed LSC's LhaL ls real dlsLrlbuLlon of wealLh
now lL ls very common ln Lhe lndusLry Lo have LSC's buL lL has done wonders ln lnfosys 1hus
narayan MurLhy ls honesLly awelnsplrlng role model for professlonals


-erformance CrlenLed
Pe ls a man who always measures performance agalnsL value Accordlng Lo MurLhy peoples
performance ln Lhe knowledge lndusLry ls as valuable as gold 1hus by lnLroduclng LSC's he
moLlvaLed hls employees Lo work smarL and hard

-SLraLegy (CusLomer ls Lhe klng)
Lven Lhough Lhere ls a loL of compeLlLlon ln Lhe markeL he belleves ln one Lhlng LhaL ls belng
unlque ln Lhe markeL place and maklng sure LhaL you are Lhe 1sL mover

1ap Lhe need of Lhe cusLomer and glve Lhem more Lhan Lhey expecL 8elleves ln glvlng value Lo
Lhe cusLomer belng falr Lo people and Lransparency ln worklng
Mr MurLhy says LhaL CrowLh comes from repeaL buslness repeaL buslness comes from
relaLlonshlps and relaLlonshlps wlLh cusLomers are bullL on LrusL and LrusL ls bullL by dellverlng
quallLy producLs

-Soclal belng
Pe belleves ln puLLlng Lhe publlc good ahead of prlvaLe good ln every declslon he makes 1hls
dlfferenLlaLes Lhe developed world from Lhe developlng world lnfosys pracLlces lLs Soclal
responslblllLy very well 8ehablllLaLlon drlve llLeracy programme donaLlons eLc are few ways ln
whlch he works for Lhe socleLy

-vlslonary
1hough lnfosys had so many professlonals lL dld noL venLure lnLo doLcom because of Lhe vlslon
of Mr narayan MurLhy 1hls saved Lhem from golng down 1he downfall of doLcoms has noL
affecLed hls buslness much 8efore sLarLlng lnfosys Lhls vlslonary goL LogeLher wlLh 6
professlonals and wanLed Lo sLarL have lndla's flrsL sofLware company of Lhe professlonals for
Lhe professlonals by Lhe professlonals and because of hls farslghLedness lnfosys has come Lhls
far and proved Lo be a wlnner 1hus narayan MurLhy ls honesLly awelnsplrlng role model for
Lhe professlonals