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.
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.
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.
 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.
 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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H Wipro Equity Reward Trust
R  In 1984, Azim Premji established the Wipro Equity Reward
O Trust.

P  The WERT, its administered by a Board of Trustees is

designed to give eligible employees the right to receive restricted
Y shares and other compensation benefits at the stipulated times and
conditions.
 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.

 The Azim Premji
University was established
under an act of the Karnataka
Legislative Assembly.

 development professionals.

 offer alternative models.

 Created a successful
education system.
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.
 LEADERSHIP QUALITIES

Assertiveness.
Hard working.
Intellectual.
Philantropistic.
Applying thoughts.
Smartness.
Dreamer.
 REFERENCE

www.wikipedia.com
 Thank you……

By
Shwetali & saikiran