Azim Premji

Azim Premji

Azim Premji is one the of richest Indians. He is the chairman of Wipro Technologies, which is the third largest IT services company in India. He holds 84% of the company's shares as listed in Bombay and New York stock exchanges. According to Forbes, he is the 36th richest man in the world with a fortune estimated at $ 16.8 billion.  He is also a well known philanthropist. He is nicknamed as 'Indian Bill Gates'.

Azim Premji, a graduate in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, USA. He has received numerous honors and accolades, which he dedicates to Team Wipro. He is the first Indian recipient of the Faraday Medal. New york based magazine Business Week featured him on their cover of the October 2003 issue with the sobriquet "India's Tech King" and also listed him amongst the top 30 entrepreneurs in world history in July 2007.

Azim Premji is the 2nd richest person in India after Reliance Industries Ltd. chairman Mukesh Ambani. Despite all his enormous wealth, Premji is a very humble and down to earth personality. In 2001 Premji contributed a large amount of his wealth in the establishment of the Azim Premji Foundation, a non-profit organization that focuses on making improvements in children’s education and welfare.