Narayan Murthy founded Infosys in 1981 with six other software professionals. Starting from a small investment of $250, Infosys grew rapidly and became a global leader in IT consulting and services, with over $2 billion in revenue and 50,000 employees. Murthy helped establish corporate governance standards and grow the Indian IT industry through his leadership of Infosys. He received many honors over his career, including being named one of the most influential global executives, before retiring as Chairman of Infosys in 2006.

1. NARAYAN MURTHY
&
INFOSYS
PRESENTED BY
Mukesh Bhavsar

2. THE SUMMARY
Born into a Kannada family in Mysore,

India on August 20, 1946.
B.E. Electrical from University of
Mysore (1967) and M.Tech from IIT
Kanpur (1969).
Narayan Murthy began his career
with Patni Computer Systems in Pune.
In 1981, Narayana Murthy founded
Infosys with six other software
professionals.

3. CONTD…
In 1987, Infosys opened its first international office in
U.S.A.
With the liberalization of Indian economy in 1990s,
Infosys grew rapidly.
1993, the company came up with its IPO.

 In 1995, Infosys set up development centers across
cities in India and in 1996, it set up its first office in
Europe in Milton Keynes, UK.
In 1999, Infosys became the first Indian company to
be listed on NASDAQ.

5. FURTHER CONTD…
In 2002, Infosys was ranked No. 1 in the "Best
Employers in India 2002" survey conducted by Hewitt
and in the Business World's survey of "India's Most
Respected Company." Conducted in the same year.
Today (in 2006), Infosys has a turnover of more than
$ 2billion and has employee strength of over 50,000.
In 2009, his lectures delivered around the world have
been published as a book A Better India: A Better
World .

6. Success Factors
• Invest in well understood, proven product & not just
R&D
• While dealing with investors, always under-promise
and over deliver
• Have a healthy sense of paranoia and respect for
the competition
• Leaders in the making.

7. HIS JOURNEY OF LIFE
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).
After IIM Ahmedabad, he then joined Patni
Computer Systems in Pune.
Wanted to become politicion and open a
orphanage
Married to Sudha Murthy on February 10, 1978
Visionary mind, seen future trends
Sudha acted as a clerk-cum-cook-cum-
programmer

8. CONTD…
 In 1981, with an investment of Rs.10,000 ($250 at the
time) from his wife, he founded Infosys with six other
software professionals.
 In 1983 Infosys got their first client, MICO, in
Bangalore.
After ten years of struggling INFOSYS was still not up
and running and Narayan Murthy offers( wittily ) to buy
back six others for a hand some amount of a million
dollar, then in next ten years INFOSYS become first
billion dollar company and rest is History.
He served as the president of the National Association
of Software and Service Companies, India from 1992 to
1994.

9. CONTD…
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 again by helping him in setting up his VC
Fund by giving him Rs.430 crores which she got by
selling quarter of her stake 1.6% in Infosys.
Murthy retired from his executive position at Infosys
on 20 August 2006. However, he continues as the Non-
Executive Chairman of the board.

10. ABOUT INFOSYS
BASED IN BANGALORE, IS PUBLICLY HELD, ISO 9001
CERTIFIED COMPANY OFFERING INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING AND SOFTWARE SERVICES.
RESPECTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WITH VERY STRONG
SYSTEMS, HIGH ETHICAL VALUES AND A NURTURING
WORKING ATMOSPHERE.
 VOTED AS THE BEST MANAGED COMPANY IN ASIA.
 CHAMPIONED CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN INDIA.
BIGGEST EXPORTERS OF SOFTWARES.
More than 1 lakhs employees worldwide

11. AWARDS RECIEVED
 In June 2000, Asiaweek magazine featured him in a
list of Asia's 50 Most Powerful People.
 In 2001, Narayana Murthy was named by TIME/CNN
as one of the 25 most influential global executives.
He was the first recipient of the Indo-French Forum
Medal (2003) and was voted the World Entrepreneur of
the Year - 2003 by Ernst and Young.

12. CONTD…
The Economist ranked Narayana Murthy eighth on the
list of the 15 most admired global leaders (2005) and
Narayan Murthy also topped the Economic Times
Corporate Dossier list of India's most powerful CEOs
for two consecutive years - 2004 and 2005.
In December 2005, Narayana Murthy was voted as the
7th most admired CEO/Chairman in the world in a global
study conducted by Burson-Marsteller with the
Economist Intelligence Unit . The list included 14 others
with distinguished names such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs
and Warren Buffett.

13. CONTD…
In 2008, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, a
second highest civilian award by India and Légion
d'honneur, the highest civilan award awarded by France.
Murthy also holds over 26 honorary doctorates from
universities across the world.

14. THANK YOU