Azim Premji
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Azim Premji (born July 24, 1945 in Bombay ) is an Indian entrepreneur ; he is India's fourth richest billionaire after Lakshmi Mittal , Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani .
Azim Premji is a Shiite Muslim and ethnic Gujarati . He was studying engineering at Stanford University when he learned of his father's sudden death in 1966 and took over the family's vegetable oil company. Under his leadership, his company Wipro expanded into the software business and is now the world's largest independent research and development provider and India's largest outsourcing company.
Premji ranks 48th on Forbes Magazine's annual 2015 list of the world's richest people with personal wealth of $ 19.1 billion.
Premji is married and has two sons. His charitable foundation , the Azim Premji Foundation , aims to promote and improve school education in India. In 2005 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan and in 2011 the Padma Vibhushan .
German-language scam mails have been circulating since 2020 , which supposedly promise high sums of money to the recipient in Premji's name. The actual Azim Premji charity warns of these.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Azim Premji Biography- About family, children, education, wife, age, and more. In: business.mapsofindia.com. May 23, 2015, accessed September 8, 2016 .
- ^ Azim Premji - Indian businessman. In: britannica.com. July 24, 1945, accessed September 8, 2016 .
- ↑ The World's Billionaires: 2015 Ranking. In: forbes.com . Archived from the original on August 27, 2015 ; Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Azim Premji: Indian software mogul donates record sum. In: Spiegel Online . February 24, 2013, accessed September 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Alerts on online scams and fraudulent mails. Azim Premji Foundation, accessed April 16, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Premji, Azim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian entrepreneur, second richest billionaire in India after Lakshmi Mittal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bombay , India |