India's famous businessman Azim Premji is celebrating his 74th birthday today. It was on this day that he was born in 1945 in Mayanagari, Mumbai. He is also an investor and chairman of Wipro Ltd. who is a philanthropist. He is informally recognized as the causer of the Indian IT industry. Let's find out some of the highlights about them...
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Azim Premji is one of India's richest men today, though if his father had accepted one of pakistan's prime minister Mohammed Ali Jinnah at the time of India's partition, he would have been one of the richest people in Pakistan today. In fact, at the time of India's partition, Jinnah had asked read-write businessmen in Pakistan to take them with him. Where it was also offered by Jinnah from Azim's father. However, Jinnah's offer was rejected by Azim's father Mohammed Hashim, saying he is Hindustani and will remain in India.
Illustration of philanthropy...
Today, what distinguishes Azim Premji from other industrialists is his keen interest in philanthropy. It would not be wrong at all to call Azim the most courageous person in the country on philanthropy, and he had already made his thinking on philanthropy before everyone 10 years ago. It was only a handful of industry leaders who used to talk about it. The Azim Premji Foundation founded Azim Premji University in 2010 and is a not-for-profit venture. In March this year, 34 per cent of Wipro's shares were donated by Premji to its foundation. So far, he has donated 67 per cent of his assets, or Rs 1.45 lakh crore, to the foundation.
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