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The company was incorporated on 29 December 1945 in Amalner by MH Hasham Premji as Western India Vegetable Products Limited, a manufacturer of cooking oils. [5][6][7] In 1966, after Hasham Premji's death, his son Azim Premji dropped out of Stanford University and took over as chairperson at age 21.
Azim Hashim Premji (born 24 July 1945) is an Indian businessman and philanthropist, who was the chairman of Wipro Limited. Premji remains a non-executive member of the board and founder chairman. [4] He is informally known as the Czar of the Indian IT Industry.
Oct 24, 2024 · Azim Premji (born July 24, 1945, Bombay [now Mumbai], India) is an Indian business entrepreneur who served as chairman of Wipro Limited, guiding the company through four decades of diversification and growth to emerge as a world leader in the software industry.
Founder Chairman. As the heart and mind that guided Wipro for fifty-three of its seventy-five years, Azim Premji grew Wipro into the global IT giant it is today, and transferred a majority of the ownership of the company to the Azim Premji Foundation, a philanthropy that works to serve some of the most disadvantaged populations in the world.
May 17, 2024 · The 78-year-old is the founder of Wipro Limited, served as chairman for nearly four decades, and remains a non-executive member of the board. In his address, Premji stressed the importance of integrity for businesses.
Azim Premji inherited Western Indian Vegetable Products Ltd, a company producing hydrogenated cooking oil, and transformed it into Wipro, an IT Consulting and System Integration services company which is today one of the largest IT Services firm in the World.
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Jan 15, 2021 · The founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah invited Azim's father to come to Pakistan but he chose to remain in India. He got married to Yasmeen and the couple bear two children, Rishad and Tariq. Rishad Premji currently serves as the Chairman of Wipro.
