Wipro Chairman Azim Premji leads
the pack of Indian Tech Billionaires followed by HCL cofounder Shiv Nadar and
Infosys chairman emeritus NR Narayana Murthy, according to Forbes 2016 list of
World’s billionaires.
Azim Premji, his net worth is $15
Billion and global rank is 55. He is the founder and chairman of Wipro, India’s
third largest software exporter. His family office Premji Invest has invested
in companies like Snapdeal, Myntra, PolicyBazaar and Cyanogen among others.
Shiv Nadar, net worth $11.1 Billion and global rank is 88. He is the founder
and chairman of HCL, India’s fourth largest software services exporter. He is
also a philanthropist with Shiv Nadar foundation.
NR Narayana Murthy, net worth $1.9
Billion and global rank is 959. He is cofounder of Infosys, India’s second
largest software services exporter. He was the Infosys CEO from 1981 to 2002
and as chairman from 2002 to 2011. His private investment firm Catamaran Ventures
has invested in Yebhi, Hector Beverages, Coverfox, and also has a joint venture
with Amazon called Cloudtail which is the largest seller on Amazon India.
Kris Gopalakrishnan, net worth is
$1.6 Billion and global rank is 1121. He is cofounder of Infosys and its chief executive
from 2007 to 2011. He contributed 225 crore to setup the Centre for Brain Research
at the IISc in Bengaluru and also backed a stem cell centered multidisciplinary
programme on mental diseases and blood disorders.
Nandan Nilekani, net worth is $1.6
Billion. He is cofounder of Infosys and its chief executive from 2002 to 2007. He
was the chairman of UIAI until March 2014 and is currently chairman of EkStep. He
has backed companies like Team Indus, Fortigo, Mubble, LetsVenture, Power2SME
and Systemantics.
Binny Bansal, net worth is $1.2
Billion and global rank is 1476. He is cofounder of India’s largest ecommerce
platform Flipkart and took over as its chief executive in January 2016. He is
currently responsible for operationally driving the company and overlooks all
its business areas. Sachin Bansal, net worth is $1.2 Billion. He is cofounder of
Flipkart and was its chief executive until January 2016, post which he assumed
the role of executive chairman. Along with Binny Bansal, he has backed startups
like Ather Energy, InShorts, Tracxn, and Tinystep.
K Dinesh, net worth is $1.2
Billion. He is co-founder of Infosys and was the board member from 1981 to
2011. He is retired as the Head of Quality, Information Systems and the
Communication Design Group in 2011. SD Shibulal, net worth is $1.1 Billion and
global rank is 1577. He is cofounder of Infosys and was its chief executive
from 2011 to 2014. He setup a startup incubator Axilor Ventures with Kris
Gopalakrishnan.
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