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Azim Premji
Born July 24, 1945 (1945-07-24) (age 62)
Flag of India Bombay, India
Residence Flag of India Bangalore, India
Occupation Businessman
Net worth $14.0 billion USDforbes
Spouse Yasmeen Premji

Premji (born July 24, 1945) is the Chairman & CEO of Wipro Technologies, which today is one of the largest software companies in India. It has its headquarters in the Indian Silicon City Bangalore. He was rated the richest person in the country from 1999 to 2005 by Forbes[1]. His wealth today is estimated at 58,451 crores INR [2] which places him as the fourth richest Indian; behind DLF Chairman Kushal Pal Singh and ahead of Vedanta Resources Chairman Anil Agarwal. Image File history File links Acap. ... is the 205th day of the year (206th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is the worlds most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... For other uses, see Bangalore (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Green_Arrow_Up. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... is the 205th day of the year (206th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Wipro Tech (NYSE: WIT) is an information technology service company established in India in 1980. ... For other uses, see Bangalore (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Vedanta Resources plc is a diversified and integrated metals and mining group with annual sales of $1. ... Anil Agarwal is the founder director of UK-based Indian company Vedanta Resources corporation, that owns mining and metal resources in India. ...

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Early Life

He did his schooling at St. Mary's School I.C.S.E. at Mazagaon, Mumbai. Premji was just finishing his undergraduate engineering studies at Stanford University in 1966 when his father passed away.He had to come back to India to handle the family's fledgling vegetable oil business. Premji started off with a simple vision: to build an organization on a foundation of Values. Premji eventually sought — and received — permission to study arts courses by correspondence to complete the requirements for his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. St. ... “Stanford” redirects here. ... Electrical Engineers design power systems… … and complex electronic circuits. ...


Awards and Accolades

In 2000, he was conferred an honorary doctorate by the Manipal Academy of Higher Education. He was also adjudged the Business Man of the Year 2000 by Business India and is featured in the Business Weeks all-time top 30 entrepreneurs of the world in 2007[1]. He is a member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee for Information Technology in India.[3] BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. ... Information and communication technology spending in 2005 Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. ...


Family

  • Wife: Yasmeen Premji
  • Sons: Rishad Premji married to Aditi Premji; Tariq Premji

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 sections of the 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, specially 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". This innovative idea from the Azim Premji Foundation is being deployed in the computer aided learning centre at the Byatarayanapura Higher Primary School in Bangalore South District and in another school.


Five new titles of educational CDs for Indian schools have also been produced earlier in 2005. They are: Friendly Animals and Journey on the Clouds (English), Swatantra Divas, Fun with Chinchoo in Mathematics and Khel-Mel (Hindi), released in February 2005. This makes the total number of master titles available at 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. , Karnātakā   (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ... “Andhra” redirects here. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Map of Pondicherry Region, Union Territory of Pondicherry, India Pondicherry (Tamil:புதுவை,Hindi: पॉण्डिचेरी) is a Union Territory of India. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ... , Orissa   (Oriya: ଓଡ଼ିଶା), is a state situated on the east coast of India. ... This article is for the Indian state. ... , This article is about the Indian state of Punjab. ... , Kerala ( ; Malayalam: കേരളം; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ...


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. , Karnātakā   (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ...


Whole Company is his family


See also

Forbes magazine annually lists the worlds wealthiest individuals: The Worlds Billionaries. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Wipro Technologies. ...

References

  1. ^ "Wipros Premji among worlds all-time top 30 entrepreneurs", AndhraNews.net. 

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The story of Bangalore Bill | Business | The Observer (1518 words)
Microsoft is one of Wipro's biggest customers in India, although Premji quashes speculation that the two could join forces more formally: 'They're much too big to want to partner with us.' He and Gates have also discussed pooling philanthropic work, particularly initiatives in education, which is the speciality of the Azim Premji Foundation.
The 61-year-old Premji, however, is not so much technology geek as a white-haired, avuncular figure who chuckles at himself when, posing for a photograph, he nearly sits on his spectacles.
Premji is not quite ready to follow Bill Gates into retirement, saying that he would like to work for another four or five years.
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Azim Premji's strength lies in bringing together and building teams of high potential-high performing people.
Premji was forced to discontinue his engineering studies in the States due to the untimely death of his father.
In the year 2001, Premji established Azim Premji Foundation, a not-for-profit organization with a vision of influencing the lives of millions of children in India by facilitating the universalisation of elementary education.
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