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Azim Premji, an inspiration in business world, a role model in philanthropy

Banerjee, who went on to lead L&T Infotech as its CEO after leaving Wipro, said that Premji has the knack of identifying talent, nurturing it and giving it space to grow

India added 3 billionaires each month in 2019; Mukesh Ambani richest

China and the US occupied the first and second spot with 799 and 626 billionaires, respectively

Philanthropy is more complex than running a business, says Azim Premji

The success of Wipro was not his but of many people in leadership and in levels below leadership, who have devoted their lives and commitments to this, he said. The same thing applies to a foundation

Premji, promoter group entities sold 230 mn shares during Wipro buyback

Wipro said it had bought back 32.3 crore equity shares under the buyback scheme at Rs 325 apiece, and the total amount utilised was about Rs 10,499.99 crore

Rishad Premji to be non-executive chairman at Wipro, nod likely on Jan 14

Premji scion will be one of the youngest to don the role

HCL's Nadar tops FY19 Hurun philanthropy list with Rs 826-cr contribution

Azim Premji was second on the list, while Mukesh Ambani came third

Mukesh Ambani is richest Indian; Roshni Nadar tops list for women: Report

As many as 344 individuals or more than a third of this year's list witnessed wealth reduction and another 112 could not meet the threshold of Rs 1,000 crore

Top 10 biz headlines: Ruias win back Mahan Power, auto cos' GST woes & more

From the Ruias being set to wrest back control of the Mahan Power project to the govt's warning that GST relief for auto cos may raise burden on other goods, here are Thursday's top business headlines

It's continuity and change at Wipro with Rishad Premji at helm: CEO

Rishad has all the values of Azim Premji and Wipro, and he's also been part of Wipro for almost 12 years now, says CEO Abidali Neemuchwala

Billionaire Azim Premji helps create India's newest tech unicorn, Icertis

Icertis, which competes with SAP SE and Oracle Corp. to help businesses manage contracts in the cloud, has raised $115 million

Azim Premji outlines four key areas for Wipro's growth at his last AGM

After more than five decades of chairmanship of the company, Premji will pass on the mantle to his son Rishad Premji at the end of July

Future of Wipro will outshine everything done so far: Azim Premji

Premji reminisced Wipro's journey from a small vegetable oil company to a leading information technology company

Mastercard's Banga, Wipro's Premji to receive excellence awards from USISPF

Jared Kushner, senior adviser to the President of the United States, will present awards during the summit

Azim Premji's pay package rose 95% to Rs 1.81 crore during FY19: Wipro

Last week, Wipro had said its founder Azim Premji will retire by July-end and handover reins of the firm to his son

Why Azim Premji is the trailblazer in India's philanthropic world

Premji has committed Rs 1.45 trillion ($21 billion) for the Azim Premji Foundation, which is equivalent to 67% of the economic ownership of Wipr

That was IT! Azim Premji, the software czar who believes in joy of giving

Azim will continue to be on its board as non-executive director for five years starting from July 31, 2019

Azim Premji steps down as Wipro chairman, son Rishad to take over the reins

Azim will continue to be on its board as non-executive director for five years starting from July 31, 2019

Wipro founder Azim Premji's legacy a reflection of his business acumen

As he decides to retire now, Premji's second plan seems to unveil in its true earnest

Azim Premji-backed iD Fresh Food forays into US with filter coffee

To tap the coffee industry, iD Fresh had come up with its unique, ready-to-use decoction, just like it did with its products in the nascent idli-dosa batter market

India's richest are not following Azim Premji's example in philanthropy

The contribution of India's richest to philanthropic activities has grown at a much slower pace than the increase in their wealth