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N. R. Narayana Murthy

Indian businessman (born )

"Narayana Murthy" redirects here. For the actor, director and producer of Telugu films, see R. Narayana Murthy.

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy (born 20 August ) is an Indian billionaire businessman. He is one of the seven co-founders of Infosys,[6] and has previously served as the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief mentor[7] of the company before retiring and taking the title chairman emeritus.[8][9][10] As of August , his net worth was estimated to be $ billion, making him the th richest person in the world according to Forbes.[11] Murthy is the father-in-law of Rishi Sunak, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from to

As per Forbes list of India’s richest tycoons, dated 9 October , N.R.

Narayana Murthy is ranked 62nd with a net worth of $ Billion.[12]

Murthy was born and raised in Shidlaghatta, Karnataka. Murthy first worked at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, as chief systems programmer, and Patni Computer Systems in Pune, Maharashtra. He founded Infosys in and was the CEO from to , as well as the chairman from to In , he stepped down from the board and became the chairman emeritus.

In June , Murthy was appointed as the executive chairman for a period of five years.[13][14]

Murthy has been listed among the 12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time by Fortune magazine.[15] He has been described as the "father of the Indian IT sector" by Time magazine and CNBC for his contribution to outsourcing in India.[16][17] In , he co-chaired the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.[18] Murthy has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan[19] and Padma Shri awards.[20]

Early life and education

N.

R. Narayana Murthy was born on 20 August in Sidlaghatta, a city in India's south-western state of Karnataka[21] into a Kannada- speaking middle-class Brahmin family.[22] After completing his school education, he went to the National Institute of Engineering and graduated in with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.

In he received his master's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.[23][24]

In , Murthy received an honorary degree from Lancaster University.[25]

Career

Murthy first worked as a research associate under a faculty at IIM Ahmedabad and then later as the chief systems programmer.[26] There he worked on India's first time-sharing computer system[24] and designed and implemented a BASIC interpreter for Electronics Corporation of India Limited.[27] He started a company named Softronics.

When that company failed after about a year and a half, he joined Patni Computer Systems in Pune.[28]

Murthy mentions that being arrested and expelled for no good reason during the communist era in a border town near the Yugoslav-Bulgarian border, turned him into a "compassionate capitalist" from a "confused leftist/communist".

In he, with six software professionals, founded Infosys[29][30][31] with an initial capital investment of Rs 10,, which was provided by his wife Sudha Murty.[32] Murthy was the CEO of Infosys for 21 years from to [30] and was succeeded by co-founder Nandan Nilekani.[32] At Infosys he articulated, designed and implemented a global delivery model for IT services outsourcing from India.[33] He was the chairman of the board from to , after which he also became the chief mentor.[32][34] In August , he retired from the company, taking the title chairman emeritus.[9][10]

Murthy is an independent director on the corporate board of HSBC and has been a director on the boards of DBS Bank, Unilever, ICICI and NDTV.[11][35] He is also a member of the advisory boards and councils of several educational and philanthropic institutions,[11][35] including Cornell University, INSEAD, ESSEC, Ford Foundation, the UN Foundation, the Indo-British Partnership, Asian Institute of Management, a trustee of the Infosys Prize, a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and as a trustee of the Rhodes Trust.[36] He is also the Chairman of the Governing board of Public Health Foundation of India.[37] He is on the Asia Pacific advisory board of British Telecommunications.[35][38]

In June , Murthy returned to Infosys as executive chairman and a director.[39] In June , he stood down as executive chairman, was non-executive chairman until October, when he became chairman emeritus.[40]

Murthy is also on the strategic board which advises the national law firm, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, on strategic, policy and governance issues.[41] He is a member of IESE's International Advisory Board (IAB).[42]

In , Murthy has made an investment in SKS Microfinance along with venture capitalist Vinod Khosla.

[43]

In , Murthy has made a controversial statement on IIT Students about their abilities. [44]

In , Murthy spoke with Harvard Business Review Ascend[45] on the subject of "How To Be a Better Manager".[46]

In , Murthy raised concerns over alleged corporate governance lapses at Infosys, however the company went on to deny these claims.[47]

in , Muthy faced backlash for suggesting that working hours be increased to 70 hours to increase India's productivity.[48][49]

Personal life

Murthy's wife Sudha is an educator, author, and philanthropist who has served as the chairperson of the non-profit Infosys Foundation.[50] They have two children together: a son, Rohan, and a daughter, Akshata.[51] From June to June , Rohan Murthy joined Infosys as an executive assistant to his father.[52][40] He left Infosys to create his own company called Soroco in [53] In , Akshata married British-Indian Conservative politician Rishi Sunak, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from to [54]

Awards and honours

Books

  • A Better India: A Better World, Penguin Books,
  • A Clear Blue Sky: Stories and Poems on Conflict and Hope, Puffin Books India,
  • The Wit and Wisdom of Narayana Murthy, Hay House,
  • Mere Business Mantra [Hindi]

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Further reading

  • N, Chokkan (). Narayana Murthy: I.T. guru. Chennai: Oxygen Books.
  • Mitra, Meera (). It's only business!: India's corporate social responsiveness in a globalized world; with a foreword by N.

    R. Narayana Murthy. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

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