Narayana Murthy and Steve Jobs were both pioneering engineers in the technology industry. They co-founded two iconic tech companies - Murthy co-founded Infosys in 1981, while Jobs co-founded Apple in the 1970s. Both men served as long-time CEOs of their companies but resigned within days of each other in August 2011, with Murthy stepping down from Infosys on August 19th and Jobs resigning from Apple on August 24th.

1. N. R. NARAYANA
MURTHY

2. CONTENTS

3. PROFILE

4. BRIEF INTRODUCTION

5. BRIEF INTRODUCTION

6. EARLY LIFE

7. EARLY LIFE

8. PERSONAL LIFE

9. CORPORATE PROFILE

10. CORPORATE PROFILE

11. CORPORATE PROFILE

12. ABOUT INFOSYS

13. ABOUT INFOSYS

14. MURTHY GLOBAL STRATEGY

16. AWARDS

17. ACHIVEMENTS

18. Common facts
Between Steve and Murthy

19. Names like Narayana Murthy and Steve Jobs are not new to you. These are few
of the people who have given a rational definition to the world of Information
technology. They have shown that "thinking big" is what every leader should do.
Naryana Murthy represented Infosys on the global map and Steve Jobs for
Apple. They now stand as the youth icons this is one of the common things that
they share.

20. Lets us find out more of
the common or similar
things that they share.

21. 1. Engineers
Both Narayana Murthy and
Steve Jobs are basically
engineers.
Murthy graduated with a
degree in electrical
engineering from the
National Institute of
Engineering, University of
Mysore in 1967 after
attending government
school. He received his
master's degree from IIT
Kanpur in 1969.

22. 1. Engineers
Jobs attended Cupertino
Junior High School and
Homestead High School in
Cupertino, California, and
frequented after-school
lectures at the Hewlett-
Packard Company .
He was soon hired there and
worked with Steve Wozniak
as a summer

23. 2. Career
Both the tech gurus
made their debut in
1980's. Along with six
other engineers,
Murthy co-founded
Infosys in 1981 in Pune
with an initial capital
of 10,000 rupees,
which was borrowed
from his wife Sudha
Murthy.

24. 2. Career
In the late 1970s, Jobs, with Apple
co-founder Steve Wozniak, Mike
Markkula, and others, designed,
developed, and marketed one of
the first commercially successful
lines of personal computers. In
the early 1980s, Jobs was among
the first to see the commercial
potential of Xerox PARC's mouse-
driven graphical user interface,
which led to the creation of the
Macintosh

25. 3.Designers
Narayan Murthy
articulated, designed
and implemented
the Global Delivery
Model which has
become the
foundation for the
huge success in IT
services outsourcing
from India.

26. 3.Designers
Steve Jobs designed, developed,
and marketed one of the first
commercially successful lines of
personal computers, the Apple II
series with the help of his other
members.

27. CEO
CEOs: Both Narayan Murthy and
Steve Jobs served as the CEOs
of their respective companies
and later resigned at their own
wish.
Murthy served as the CEO of
Infosys for 21 years and was
succeeded by co-founder
Nandan Nilekani in 2002.

28. CEO
After losing a power struggle with
the board of directors in 1985,
Jobs resigned from Apple and
founded NeXT, a computer
platform development company
specializing in the higher-
education and business markets.
Apple's subsequent 1996 buyout
of NeXT brought Jobs back to the
company he co-founded, and he
served as its CEO from 1997 until
2011.

29. RESIGNATION
What was the most common
between the giants was their
resignation. They resigned in
the same month of the same
year with a difference of four
days. N R Narayana Murthy
stepped down as Chairman
of Infosys on Aug 19 just a
day before his 65 birthday
bringing the curtains down
on his 30-years of illustrious
innings.

30. RESIGNATION
Steve Jobs resigned as Chief
Executive Officer of Apple on
Aug 24 naming Tim Cook as
the next CEO of Apple.

31. Thank You