How has Wipro made its way to

top 100 technologies company in

the world?
From Rs 2 per Week to Billion Dollar
Company, Journey of IT Behemoth - WIPRO

 Wipro founder Azim Premji’s grandfather built one of the largest rice
trading businesses that evolved into a diverse, multi billion-dollar
enterprise 75 years later, by starting out with Rs 2 per week
“But on one simple principle – he was honest”
 Founded in 1945 as a manufacturer of vegetable and
refined oils.

 In 2000, Wipro reached the milestone of $1

billion revenue and was listed in the New York stock
exchanges. The company’s revenue in FY21 was $8.1
billion.
INTRODUCTION
Wipro Ltd. is a global information technology, consulting and
outsourcing company.
It operates through - the Information Technology Services and
Information Technology Products segments. 

Wipro
 MARKET CAP $35.9B
 INDUSTRY IT Software & Services
 FOUNDED 1945
 COUNTRY/TERRITORY India
 CEO Thierry Delaporte
 EMPLOYEES 188,270
 SALES $8.3B
 HEADQUARTERS Bangalore
Early Days…

 In 1977, the new

government changed its
policies, which opened a
pathway that led to the
transition of the
company into one as we
know today.
Moving to the IT sector…

 Wipro entered the IT space in 1980 after IBM

had withdrawn from the country.

 In 1989, Wipro formed a joint venture with

General Electric.

 Following India’s economic deregulation in

1991, Wipro further diversified the products it
manufactured.
 …
 Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s,
Wipro continued to perform well, with IT
remaining its core business. Premji created
a culture of striving for excellence in
business operations.

 In 2000, the biggest success for Wipro was

when it listed itself in US through American
Depositary Receipts (ADRs).

 Under Premji's leadership, Wipro’s

revenues grew by leaps and bounds with IT
being the major chunk of its Total Revenue.
In 2019, Azim Premji stepped down as the
chair of the board of Wipro
ACHIEVEMENTS
 Wipro was recognized as one of the world's most ethical companies by US-
based Ethisphere Institute for the sixth consecutive year.
 Featured in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index 2020
 Wipro has received a score of 90 out of 100 on the 2020 Corporate Equality
Index 2019 Working Mother & Avtar Best Companies for Women in India
(BCWI) list: Declared as one of the “100 Best Companies for Women in
India” 
 Winner at the NASSCOM Diversity and Inclusion Awards for the ‘Gender
Inclusion’ category (2019)
 Golden Peacock HR Excellence Award, 2018
 Wipro wins Gold for Integrated Security Assurance and Managed Security
Services at 2017 Golden Bridge Awards
 Wipro won the ‘Best IoT Solution Partner Award’ by Cisco
 Wipro GE Medical Systems Limited is Wipro's joint venture with GE
Healthcare South Asia. It is engaged in the research and
development of healthcare products. This partnership, which began
in 1990,[72] today includes gadgets and equipment for diagnostics,
healthcare IT and services to help healthcare professionals combat
cancer, heart disease, and other ailments. There is complete
adherence to Six Sigma quality standards in all products

 Bringing Aid to India’s Migrant Workers Amid the Pandemic

INNOVATIONS
 Winning the new normal
1. digital interaction with customers
2. reskilling the workforce

 New normal with new robots

 Industrial robots is a normal thing

Highly advanced and sophisticated robots will function in complex
environments and trigger a faster evolution of healthy man-machine
collaboration
 Keep humans safe
 Use vision-based navigation to fly around in warehouses to capture images of
racks/pallets, allowing managers to locate items, move them and complete
stocktaking without human contact
 Self-deploy to disinfect hospitals using ultraviolet, handle samples and lab
work, dispose contagious hospital waste, and monitor isolation wards
 Deliver (in the form of autonomous vehicles) a variety of packages to
customers ranging from mail to medicines and food[

​ limb poles to fix electrical distribution lines

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