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Introduction
y Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthybetter known as N. R.
Narayana Murthy, is an Indian businessman, software
engineer and the founder of Infosys Technologies, a consulting
and IT services company based in India. He is currently the
non-executive Chairman of Infosys. He was the CEO of the
company for 21 years, from 1981 to 2002.
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y After ste pping down as CEO in 2002, he has broadened his
scope of activities to social services as well as promoting India
globally. His estimated net worth is $1.6billion as of 2010.
y In 2009, his lectures delivered around the world have been
published as abookA Better India: A Better World
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Early life
y Born into a Kannada Madhwa Brahmin family in Mysore,
India on August 20, 1946, Murthy graduated with a degree in
electrical engineering from the National Institute of
Engineering, University of Mysore in 1967 after attending
government school, and received his master's degree from IIT
Kanpur in 1969.
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y His first position was at IIM Ahmadabad as chief systems
programmer where he worked on a time-sharing system and
designed and implemented a BASIC interpreter for ECIL
(Electronics Corporation of India Limited).
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y After IIM Ahmedabad, he then joined Patni ComputerSystems
in Pune. Before moving to Mumbai, Murthy met his wife
Sudha Murthy in Pune who at the time was an engineer
working at Tata Engineering and Locomotive Co. Ltd. (Telco,
now known as Tata Motors) in Pune.
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y In 1981, with an investment of Rs.10,000 ($250 at the time)
from his wife, he founded Infosys with six other software
professionals. He served a s t he president of the National
Association of Software and Service Companies, India from
1992 to 1994. Mr. Murthy is the brother-in-law of serial
entrepreneur Gururaj Deshpande and the uncle of former
NASSCOM Chairman and MphasiS chief Jerry Rao.
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Personal life
y His wife, Sudha Murthy ne
Kulkarni, is an Indian social
worker and accomplishedauthor. She is known for her
philanthropic work through the
Infosys Foundation. Her sister,
Jayashree Despande is wife ofenterpreneur and founder of
US-based Sycamore Networks,
Guru raj Deshpande.
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y They have two children -
Rohan and Akshata. Rohan
is engaged to Venu
Srinivasan's (of TVS motors)
daughter Lakshmi Venu.
Akshata Murthy is married
to Rishi Sunak.
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Corporate profile
y Murthy served as the founderCEO of Infosys for 21 years, and
was succeededby co-founderNandanNilekani in March 2002.
y At Infosys he articulated, designed and implemented the Global
Delivery Model which hasbecome the foundation for the huge
success in IT services outsourcing from India.
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y He serves on the boards of various companies and universities
across the world. Murthy serves as an independent director on
the board of the DBS Bank ofSingapore.
y This is the largest government-owned bank in Singapore. He
also serves as a director on the Central Board of the Reserve
Bank of India, as the co-chairman of the plc. and as a member
of the Board ofNDTV, India.
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y He also serves as an independent director on the board of the
European FMCG giant Unilever.
y He is an IT advisor to several Asian countries. He is also an
Independent Director on the board of HSBC.
y
He
also se
rve
s on the b
oards of the
Ford Foundation and UN
Foundation.
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y He is the chairman of the governing body of the International
Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore, and was the
Chairman of the Governing Body of the Indian Institute of
Management,Ahmedabad.
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y Mr. Murthy also sits on the Board of Governors of the Asian
Institute of Management (AIM), a graduate school ofbusiness
located in the Philippines and is also the Chairman of the Board
of Members of School of Management,Asian Institute of
Technology (AIT) located in Bangkok, Thailand.
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y Murthy retired from his executive position at Infosys on 20 August
2006. However, he continues as the Non-Executive Chairman of the
board.
y Murthy started a new venture capital fund called Catamaran
Venture Fund with the money he got by selling 800,000 Infosys
shares worth 174 Crores. Sudha Murthy does it againby helping him
in setting up his VC Fundby giving him Rs.430 crores which she got
by selling quarter of her stake 1.6% in Infosys.
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Rise ofINFOSYS
Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values
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y InfosysTechnologiesLtd
wasstartedin1981 byseven
people namely N.R.
NarayanaMurthy,Nandan
Nilekani,N.S.
Raghavan,Kris
Gopalakrishnan,S.D.Shibulal,K.Dinesh,Ashok
Arora.
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yToday,theyare agloballeaderinthe
"nextgeneration" ofITandconsulting
withrevenuesofoverUS$4.8 billion(FY
10).
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y Infosys defines, designs and delivers technology-enabled
business solutions that help Global 2000 companies win in a
Flat World. Infosys also provides a complete range of services
by leveraging our domain and business expertise and strategic
alliances with leading technology providers.
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y Vision
"To be agloballyrespected
corporationthatprovides
best-of-breed business
solutions,leveraging
technology,delivered by
best-in-classpeople."
y Mission
"Toachieve ourobjectives
inan environmentof
fairness,honesty,and
courtesytowardsour
clients, employees,
vendorsandsocietyat
large."
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Achievements & Accoladesy World Entrepreneurofthe Year- 2003
by Ernst & Young
y 1st Internationaloffice inU.S.A.
1987
y 1st Indiancompanylistedon NASDAQ
y Chairmanofcommittee on Corporate
Governance (2003)SEBI
y DesignedandimplementedaBASIC
interpreterforECIL
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Awardsy PadmaShri GovernmentofIndia
y PadmaVibhushan GovernmentofIndia
yOfficerofthe LegionofHonor Government ofFrance
y Orderofthe British Empire Government ofUnited
Kingdom.
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Quotesy People whoregularlysitlate inthe office don'tknowtomanage their
time.
y Ourassetswalkoutofthe dooreach evening.We have tomake sure
thattheycome backthe nextmorning.
y Progressisoften equaltothe difference betweenmindandmindset.
y Aclearconscience isthe softestpillowinthe world.
y Whenindoubt, disclose.
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Narayan Murthys Home
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Book:A Better India, A Better World.
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