A PRESENTATION ON

ENTREPRENEUR Azim Hashim Premji

SUBMITTED BY : SHANI RAJPUT TY BBA SEM-5 R NO. 24 SUBMITTED TO: MR. PIYUSH PATEL LAXMI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, SARIGAM 2011-2012

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AZIM HASHIM PREMJI

Born- 24 July 1945 in Karachi , British India. Residence- bangalore,india Nationality- Indian University-Stanford university (dropped out in 1966,completed in 1999) Occupation- chairman of Wipro Net worth- us $16.8 billion (2011)

Religion- Islam Spouse- yasmeen Children- rishad , Tariq

History

Azim Hashim Premji (Gujarati: ) (born 24 July 1945) is an Indian business tycoon and philanthropist (investor)who is the chairman of Wipro Limited, guiding the company through four decades of diversification and growth to emerge as one of the Indian leader in the software industry.

According to Forbes, he is currently the third wealthiest Indian with a personal wealth of US$16.8 billion in 2011, as well as being the richest Indian Muslim. In 2000, he was voted among the 20 most powerful men in the world by Asia week. He was also among the 50 richest people in the world from 1999 to 2005 according to Forbes. In April 2004, he was rated among the 100 most powerful people in the world by Time magazine.

His assets include 74% of Wipro. Wipro Limited, which dealt in hydrogenated cooking fats along with consumer products, grew from a company of US $2.5 million to a giant of $6 billion under Premji's leadership. Wipro Technologies, one of its group companies, is one of India's largest software companies and is ranked among

EARLY LIFE
Premji was born in 24 july 1945 in Karachi, British India, to an

affluent Gujarati, Shia Ismaili Muslim entrepreneur MH Hashim Premji who owned the Western India

Products (which later became Wipro Ltd.) which made hydrogenated vegetable oils and fats. His grandfather too was an entrepreneur and popularly called the rice king of Burma. He completed his initial education at St. Mary's School, Mumbai, Premji was forced to leave his studies in electrical engineering from Stanford University, California, USA at the age of 21 to take over the family business when his father suddenly died in 1966. MH Hashim Premji's net worth was estimated to be $1

Business expansion

When Azim Premji occupied the hot seat, Wipro dealt in hydrogenated cooking fats and later diversified to bakery fats, ethnic ingredient based, hair care soaps, lighting products, and hydraulic cylinders.

Thereafter Premji made a focused shift from soaps to software.

The Amalner-based vanaspathi manufacturing company, the Western India Product later became Wipro Products Ltd, Wipro Technologies and Wipro Corporation.

Under Premjis leadership Wipro embarked on an ambitious phase of expansion and diversification. The Company began manufacturing light bulbs with General Electric and other consumer products including soaps, baby care products, shampoos,
powder etc.

 In 1975, Wipro Fluid Power business unit manufacturing

hydraulic cylinders and truck tippers was started. But Premjis ambitions did not stop there. In 1976, he founded Wintrol - the precursor to Wipro Infrastructure Engineering.

In the 1980s Wipro entered the IT field, taking

advantage of the expulsion of IBM from the Indian market in 1975. Wipro became involved in manufacturing computer hardware, software development and related items, under a special license from Sentinel.

Thus,

 As a result, the $1.5 million company in hydrogenated

cooking fats grew within a few decades to a $6 billion diversified, integrated corporation in services, medical systems, technology products and consumer items with offices worldwide.

The companys IT division became the world's first to

win SEI CMM level 5 and PCMM Level 5 (People Capability Maturity Model) certification, the latest in quality standards.

 Wipro works with leading global companies, such

as Alcatel, Nokia, Cisco, Ericsson and Nortel and has a joint venture in Medical Systems with General Electric company.

 Wipro Consumer Care launched brands like:-

Santoor and the Wipro Shikakai in 1986;

Enchanteur in 1987; Santoor Talc and Wipro Baby Soft in 1991;

Santoor Facewash, Wipro Sanjeevani Honey and Wipro Safe wash in 2004; Santoor Hand wash in 2006; Wipro Sweet 'n' Healthy and Chandrika Handwash in 2007

and Santoor Doe in 2010.

 Wipro Consumer Care acquired brands like: Glucovita in 2003; Chandrika in 2004; North West in 2006; Unza in 2007; Roman in 2008 Yardley in 2009.

Azim Premji founded Wipro Lighting and Wipro GE Medical Systems in 1991; Wipro Net in 1999; netKracker in 2000; Wipro Water in 2008; and Wipro EcoEnergy in 2009. During 1999-2005, he was listed by Forbes as the richest resident Indian.

PRODUCTS

Family
Azim Premji is married to Yasmeen, the

couple have two children, Rishad and Tariq. Rishad is married to Aditi and is currently the Chief Strategy Officer of IT Business, Wipro Technologies.
Premji is known for his modesty and frugality in spite of his wealth. He drives a Toyota Corolla and flies economy class, prefers to stay in company guest houses rather than luxury hotels and even

Honours' and awards

Premji has been recognized by Business Week as

one of the Greatest Entrepreneurs for being responsible for Wipro emerging as one of the worlds fastest growing companies.

In 2000, he was conferred an honorary doctorate

by the Manipal Academy of Higher Education.

In 2006, Azim Premji was awarded Lakshya

Business Visionary by National Industrial Engineering, Mumbai.

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 As on March 9, 2010, he was one of the wealthiest people in

India, with a net worth of $17 billion.

He was awarded a Doctor of Literature (D.Litt.), an honorary

degree, from the Aligarh Muslim University on the 18th of 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, Connecticut for his outstanding philanthropic work. In 2005 the government of India honored him with the title of Padma Bhushan for his outstanding work in trade and commerce.

 In 2011, he has been awarded Padma Vibhushan,

the second highest Government of India.

civilian

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Azim Premji University

In 2001, he founded Azim Premji Foundation.

The Azim Premji University was established under

the Azim Premji University Act 2010 of the Government of Karnataka to award degrees in teacher training. Four new titles of educational CDs for Indian schools

were produced earlier in 2005. They are:

Friendly Animals and Journey on the Clouds (English)

Swatantra Divas

Fun with Chinchoo in Mathematics Khel-Mel (Hindi), released in February 2005.

 With these, the total number of master titles available is 70. There are now 68 titles in Karnataka, 42 for Andhra Pradesh,

35 for Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, 18 for Urdu medium schools, six for Orissa, 14 for Gujarat, 3 for Punjab and 1 for Kerala.

In December 2010, he pledged to donate $2 billion for

improving school education in India. This would be done by transferring 213 million equity shares of Wipro Ltd, held by a few units controlled by him, to the Azim Premji Trust. This donation is the first of its kind by any Indian billionaire

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