- Azim Premji took over his family's vegetable oil business, Wipro, at age 21 after his father's death in 1966. He transformed Wipro from a small vegetable oil company into one of the largest IT services companies in the world through ambitious expansion and diversification. - Premji established a strong value system at Wipro focused on professionalism and believed values were important to achieving lasting success. - Under Premji's leadership, Wipro grew to become one of the fastest growing and largest IT companies in the world, with Premji becoming the richest man in India from 1999-2005 according to Forbes.

1. Presentation onAn Overview of the personality and the name behind the conglomerate'The proposal to restrict hiring holders of H-1B visas for skilled workers will choke America of talent coming in and could generate a trade war with countries such as India'What name comes in everyone's mind ?Mr. AziM PREMJI

2. The entrepreneur Indian engineer and businessman

3. Chairman of Wipro

4. Transformed from vegetable oil company to leading IT services Richest person in the country from1999 to 2005 (Forbes)

5. About the Person (biodata)Born July 24, 1945 Bombay

6. Occupation Chairman of Wipro

7. Achievement Padma Bhushan in 2005

8. Spouse Yasmeen Premji

9. Children Rishad & TariqEarly life Initial education St. Mary's School, Mumbai

10. Left E.E from Stanford University, California (father’s death - 1966)

11. Took family business of hydrogenated cooking fats & diversified Azim Hasham Premji's Value-Based LeadershipIn July 2007, Business Week nominated Azim Hasham Premji (Premji), the Chairman of Wipro, as one of the top 30 all time great entrepreneurs in the world. The case discusses the leadership qualities of Premji. Under his leadership, Wipro, a small vegetable oil company in the mid-1960s, was transformed into one of the leading IT services company by the early 2000s. Premji had established a strong value system in Wipro and believed that values not only helped in achieving success but also made that success more enduring and lasting. The case discusses in detail about the few leadership initiatives taken up in Wipro in order to develop leaders within the organization.

12. The turn aroundTook over Wipro at 21 years of age & transformed from soap to software Ambitious phase of expansion and diversification.known for modesty and frugality in spite of his wealthGreatest Entrepreneurs for Wipro emerging as world’s fastest growing companiesPERSONALITY TRAITSValue-oriented person. Down-to-earth personality.High on action.Believes in professionalism.Prefers solitude to the spotlight

13. AZIM PREMJI’S LIFE-AT A GLANCEBorn in the year of 1945 in Bombay.Bhora muslim by religion.He has completed his electronic engineering from Stanford University, USA.AS A BUSINESS PERSONALITY HIS JOURNEY TOWARDS SUCESSHe had took over the reign of his family run business at the young age of 21 in 1986.The biggest hurdle was to win the confidence of the shareholders.Diversification of family run business into a large empire.From vegetables oil business to one of the largest IT service provider and software behemoth.

14. About the person Azim Hashim Premji was studying Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, USA when due to the sudden demise of his father, he was called upon to handle the family business. Azim Premji took over the reins of family business in 1966 at the age of 21. At the first annual general meeting of the company attended by Azeem Premji, a shareholder doubted Premji's ability to handle business at such a young age and publicly advised him to sell his shareholding and give it to a more mature management. This spurred Azim Premji and made him all the more determined to make Wipro a success story. And the rest is history.When Azim Premji occupied the hot seat, Wipro dealt in hydrogenated cooking fats and later 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.

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