3. PROFILE
FULL NAME : NAGAVARA RAMRAO NARAYAN MURTHY
BORN : AUGUST 20, 1946, MYSORE, INDIA.
OCCUPATION : Chairman Emeritus Infosys
Board of director United Nations Foundation
Member of Advisor Board Indusage Partners
Board of Trustee Ford Foundation
NET WORTH : $ 2.3 billion
SPOUSE : SUDHA MURTHY
CHILDREN : 2
4. BRIEF INTRODUCTION
N. R. Narayan Murthy is an Indian businessman.
Software engineer and the founder of Infosys Technologies.
He was the CEO of the company for 21 years (1981- 2002)
After stepping down as CEO, he started social services as well as
promoting India Globally.
He is currently the non executive chairman of Infosys.
Book – “A Better India : A Better World”.
5. Founded On 2nd JULY, 1981.
An IT firm Started with 7 software devlopers
in pune with INR 10,000, borrowed from
N.R. Murthy’s wife.
1ST Indian company to be listed on
NASDAQ.
Currently headqutred at Bengaluru.
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Current CEO – Salil S. Parekh
Chairman – Nandan Nilekani
Services – IT, Business Consulting and Outsourcing
services.
Revenue – US$ 10.93 Billion (2018)
No. of Employees – 2,00,364
Website – www.Infosys.com
7. MANAGERIAL SKILLS
Positive leadership Style –
• Rewards for hard work.
• Promotes employees as per their abilities.
• Believe in honesty and loyalty.
• Coordination with other group members.
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Democratic style : In case of Murthy, he founded INFOSYS with 6
other professionals.
Know your objective : He was clear about his vision and mission.
Social welfare : As he says , success for him is bringing smile on
faces of people around us.
Effective Communication : clear and concise and with proper
gestures and postures.
9. AWARDS
YEAR AWARD AWARDING ORGANIZATION
2000 PADMA SHREE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
2008 PADMA VIBHUSHAN GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
2008 OFFICER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE
2013 PHILANTHROPIST OF THE YEAR THE ASIAN AWARDS
10. ACHIEVEMENTS
Voted as Managed Company of India.
Biggest exporters of softwares.
First to follow the US generally accepted accounting
principles before going for NASDAQ listing in 1991.
Championed Corporate Governance in India.
11. LEARNINGS FROM N.R.MURTHY
You might fail, but get started.
Keep the faith.
Sharing is caring.
Keep it simple, not silly.
Talent spotting and division of labor.
Invest in learning.
12. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wikipedia
The Times of India
The Economic Times
Interview Videos (Narayan Murthy on Achievers Club)