Azim Premji
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At Rs 1.5 lakh crore, Mukesh Ambani’s wealth equals Estonia's GDP; tops Forbes list
Oct 20, 2016, 06:41 PM ISTChairman of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Mukesh Ambani who has been named among India's 100 wealthiest big shots for the ninth sequential year has his fortune equivalent to Estonia's GDP, says Forbes India. Mukesh Ambani,
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PremjiInvest picks up Rs 200 cr stake in Lenskart
Sep 07, 2016, 12:07 PM ISTWipro Chairman Azim Premji’s ambitious venture, PremjiInvest, has made its latest bet on retail with an investment in eyewear retailer Lenskart. According to a report in Eonomic Times, PremjiInvest has invested about Rs 200 crore
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Azim Premji, Shiv Nadar only Indians in Forbes list of 100 richest tech tycoons
Aug 11, 2016, 02:00 PM ISTWipro Chairman Azim Premji and HCL co-founder Shiv Nadar are the only two Indians billionaires to feature in a list of the world’s richest tech tycoons. What is more remarkable is that they rank in
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Wipro chairman Azim Premji to donate more to public-spirited causes
Jun 29, 2016, 06:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: Wipro Chairman Azim Premji, who had already donated 39 per cent of his wealth to Azim Premji Foundation for public welfare has said that he will donate more in the coming days.
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Top 10 richest Indians in the world
Mar 02, 2016, 05:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: AS on today, India has a higher number of billionaires than it ever had, according to Forbes' annual ranking of billionaires.Forbes magazine announced the annual list of world's richest person on Tuesday (March
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates tops worlds billionaire list
Jan 29, 2016, 08:44 AM ISTBengaluru: India's richest business mogul Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries, Indian IT czar Azim Premji of Wipro and drug maker Dilip Shanghvi of Sun Pharma rank among world's top 50 wealthiest billionaires.According to Wealth-X and
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Mukesh, Premji, Shanghvi among top 50 in world wealthiest list
Jan 28, 2016, 08:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries, Azim Premji of Wipro and Dilip Shanghvi of Sun Pharma are the only three Indians to have made it to a global list 50 of the wealthiest people
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Wipro Limited Appoints TK Kurien as Executive Vice Chairman; Abidali Neemuchwala is new CEO
Jan 04, 2016, 05:36 PM ISTBangalore: Wipro, India based global information technology, consulting and business process services company today announced the appointment of TK Kurien as the Executive Vice Chairman and Abidali Z Neemuchwala as the Chief Executive Officer and
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Rich Indians needs to be more generous : Azim Premji
Dec 13, 2015, 04:15 PM ISTBengaluru: IT Czar Azim Premji, who has donated about $8.5 billion--almost half of his stake holding in Wipro to charitable causes, has appealed to the rich Indians to be more forthcoming in giving away their
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Warren Buffet to Mark Zuckerberg: 10 major charitable donations
Dec 02, 2015, 09:53 AM ISTNew Delhi: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced that he will give away almost all his wealth (a whopping $45 billion) to charity in celebration of her new born baby girl 'Max'.With this announcement,
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Microsoft's Satya Nadella to co-chair next year WEF meet
Nov 10, 2015, 11:36 PM ISTNew Delhi: Microsoft chief Satya Nadella will co-chair the World Economic Forum's annual meet in January, an event that is likely to be attended by over 100 Indian business leaders.More than 2,500 leaders from across
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Zafar Sareshwala preferred over Amitabh, Gulzar, Azim Premji for Urdu University Chancellor post
India | Sep 21, 2015, 07:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: Zafar Sareshwala, who was Muslim face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election campaign, has been preferred over personalities like Amitabh Bachchan, Gulzar and Azim Premji for the post of Chancellor of Maulana Azad
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Premji, Nadar among Forbes' 20 richest people in tech
Aug 12, 2015, 09:24 PM ISTNew York: Wipro Chairman Azim Premji and HCL founder Shiv Nadar are the only two Indian tycoons in the top 20 richest people in the world of technology, according to an inaugural list by Forbes,
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Strong demand for IT services, says Wipro's Azim Premji
Jul 23, 2015, 08:36 AM ISTBengaluru: There was a strong demand for IT services in Europe and the US where the economy gained a lot of strength, Wipro chairman and IT czar Azim Premji said on Wednesday."With the US economy
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Azim Premji gives half of his stake in Wipro for charity
India | Jul 08, 2015, 09:47 PM ISTBengaluru: IT czar Azim Premji has given away almost half of his stakeholding in Wipro, India's third largest exporter of software services, to philanthrophy.The Wipro's billionaire founder has given away an additional 18 per cent
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Wipro appoints Azim Premji's son Rishad to board of directors
Apr 22, 2015, 10:09 AM ISTNew Delhi: Software major Wipro on Tuesday appointed its chairman Azim Premji's 38-year-old son Rishad Premji to the board as a director from May 1.The appointment was announced alongside Wipro's fourth-quarter earnings and a modest
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Premji clarifies on attending RSS body event
National | Apr 05, 2015, 10:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: Wipro Group chairman Azim Premji, who attended an event organised by an RSS body near Delhi today, said his presence did not mean that he endorsed the view of the forum.Addressing a session
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Need to create a peaceful society: Mohan Bhagwat
National | Apr 05, 2015, 09:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: The RSS will expand its work and make it more organised to serve all sections, its chief Mohan Bhagwat said today, insisting that it would be “without any distinction, motives or selfish reasons”.The
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Wipro to introduce new compensation structure
Mar 12, 2015, 09:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: Wipro will roll out a new compensation structure for its software and sales teams with a focus on incremental revenue.The company aims to catch up with larger, faster-growing rivals after lagging industry growth
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Azim Premji calls on Narendra Modi
National | Oct 31, 2014, 07:59 AM ISTNew Delhi: Wipro Chairman Azim Premji called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on thursday."Chairman, Wipro Shri Azim Premji called on the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, here today," an official statement from Prime Minister's Office