Dr. Azim Hashim Premji is an Indian business tycoon and philanthropist who is currently the chairman of Wipro Limited. He was born in 1945 and is considered one of the most successful CEOs in India, transforming Wipro from a small cooking fat company into a $8 billion global IT company. He is also known for his immense philanthropic activities through the Azim Premji Foundation and Azim Premji University, with total donations estimated at $21 billion, making him one of the largest private donors in India.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4.  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 Level 5 (People
Capability Maturity Model) certification, the
latest in quality standards.

5. He also won the Best Asian Executive - Services Business category
at the 5th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business.
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honour women
executives, entrepreneurs, and the companies they run worldwide.
Wipro won the Indian MAKE Award, 2008.

6. 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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R  In 1984, Azim Premji established the Wipro Equity
O Reward Trust.
P  The WERT, its administered by a Board of Trustees is
designed to give eligible employees the right to receive
Y restricted shares and other compensation benefits at the
stipulated times and conditions.

8. 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.

9.  The Azim Premji University was
established under an act of
the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
 development professionals.
 offer alternative models.
 Created a successful education
system.

10. the university conducts three degree awarding
programs:
 Masters in Development.
 Masters in Education.
 Masters in Teacher Education.
He has emerged as one of the Indian leader in
the software industry.

11. LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
Assertiveness.
Hard working.
Intellectual.
Philantropistic.
Applying thoughts.
Smartness.
Dreamer.

12. REFERENCE
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