3. Dr. Azim Hashim Premji
Born on 24th July 1945.
Business
tycoon, philanthropist.
Chairman of Wipro Limited.
According to Forbes, he is the
3rd wealthiest Indian.
The 41st richest in the world,
with a personal wealth of
$15.9 billion in 2012.
4. Early life and career
Wipro dealt in hydrogenated cooking
fats later on diversified to bakery fats,
ethnic ingredient based toiletries, hair
care soaps, baby toiletries, lighting
products, and hydraulic cylinders.
Thereafter Premji made a focused
shift from soaps to software.
The Amalner based vanaspathi
manufacturing company.
The Western India Products later
became Wipro Ltd.
5. In the 1980s Wipro entered the IT
field.
The exit of IBM from the Indian
market in 1975, Wipro started
manufacturing computer
hardware, software development ,
under a special license from
Sentinel.
The $1.5 million company in
hydrogenated cooking fats grew
within to an over $6 billion
diversified.
The world's first to win PCMM
6. He also won the Best Asian Executive - Services Business category
at the 5th annual Stevie Awards forWomen in Business.
The Stevie Awards forWomen in Business honour women
executives, entrepreneurs, and the companies they run worldwide.
Wipro won the Indian MAKE Award, 2008.
7. Personal life
Azim Premji married to Yasmeen. They have two
children's namely Rishad & Tariq.
Rishad, currently the Chief Strategy Officer of IT
Business, Wipro.
In 2005 the government of India honored him with
the title of Padma Bhushan for his outstanding
work in trade and commerce.
In 2006, Azim Premji was awarded Lakshya
Business Visionary by National Institute of
Industrial Engineering, Mumbai.
An honorary degree he achieved doctorate of
literature, from the Aligarh Muslim University on 18
June 2008 on the occasion of 58th Convocation
Ceremony of the University.
In 2009, he was awarded an honorary doctorate
from Wesleyan University in Middletown.
In 2011, he has been awarded Padma Vibhushan.
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Wipro Equity Reward Trust
In 1984, Azim Premji established the Wipro Equity
Reward Trust.
The WERT, its administered by a Board of Trustees is
designed to give eligible employees the right to receive
restricted shares and other compensation benefits at the
stipulated times and conditions.
9. FOUNDATION AND UNIVERSITY
In 2001, he founded Azim Premji Foundation.
A vision to achieve quality universal education.
Had a potential for systemic change in India's 1.3 million government- run
schools.
In December 2010, Premji pledged to donate $2 billion for improving
school education in India.
Transferring the 213 million equity shares of Wipro Ltd.
This donation is the largest of its kind in India.
10. The Azim Premji
University was established
under an act of
the Karnataka Legislative
Assembly.
development
professionals.
offer alternative models.
Created a successful
education system.
11. the university conducts three degree awarding
programs:
Masters in Development.
Masters in Education.
Masters inTeacher Education.
He has emerged as one of the Indian leader in
the software industry.