Azim Premji, the founder president of Wipro, turns 75 today. In April 2020, the world flowed as coronavirus, but the Foundation promised $ 134 million to provide support for the COVID-19 pandemic in India
Azim Premji was born in Mumbai in the same year in 1945 when his father Mohammad Hashim Premji started a cooking oil business in Amalner (Jalgaon), a small town in Maharashtra.
Premji's father was a well-known and successful businessman and was known as the Rice King of Burma in the pre-independence days. Pakistan's founder Jinnah wanted Premji Sr. to choose Pakistan as his nation, but he refused
Azim Premji's simplicity and high values ​​have earned him great respect throughout India.
Born on July 24, 1945, Indian tech magnate Azim Premji turned 75 today. The chairman of Wipro Limited has a real-time net worth of $ 6.6 billion as of July 24, 2020.
He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan - one of the country's highest accolades for his contribution to the IT industry in India.
Education and Business Entry:
Wipro, the IT company he founded with revenues of $ 8.4 billion, is India's fourth-largest outsourcer. Premji was born to Mohammed Hashem Premji, an enterprising father, and he was good at studies. He was studying at Stanford (US) in 1966 when he had to leave midway (aged 21) to take care of the family's cooking oil business when his father died suddenly. But although it took him 30 years to be able to take the time to study again, he completed a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Oxford.
Seize the opportunity, riding the IT wave:
Azim Premji took up his late father's business (Western Indian Vegetable Products Limited in 1945) and diversified into other products such as hydraulic cylinders, soaps, and lighting products. In 1977, he named his company Wipro. IBM withdrew its business from India, after which Premji's company began manufacturing microcomputers under a technology-sharing agreement with US-based Sentinel Computers and soon diversified into providing software solutions in addition to its hardware operations. In 1999, Wipro became the only Indian computer manufacturer to receive Y2K-compliant certification from the National Software Testing Laboratory in the US.
Simple Life, High Thought:
Premji is known for living a simple frugal lifestyle. His staff speaks of his honest, polite, frugal ways of working in the office. Wipro has an innovation center in Silicon Valley, focused on developing new technologies and collaborating with startups. The 75-year-old Premji has two sons - Rishad and Tariq.
Benevolent Activities:
Azim Premji Foundation ', the philanthropic arm of Azim Premji, was established in 2001 and this works in the field of primary education, focusing on rural areas to enhance the quality and equity of schooling. Not only that, as of April 2020, coronavirus swept across the world, but the Foundation has pledged $ 134 million towards providing support for the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Premji is known as one of the most liberal billionaires in the world.
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