Narayana Murthy

Narayana Murthy was born on 20 August 1946(79 years old) in India. Narayana Murthy is Entrepreneur, Zodiac sign - Leo. More detail about Narayana Murthy given below.

Narayana Murthy Timeline

• 1946
  

  Narayana Murthy was born on 20 August 1946 in Shidlaghatta, Chikkaballapura district, Karnataka into a middle-class Brahmin family. After completing his school education, he went to the National Institute of Engineering and graduated in 1967 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. In 1969 he received his masteru0027s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

• 1981
  

  Murthy and his six software professionals founded Infosys in 1981 with an initial capital investment of Rs 10,000, which was provided by his wife Sudha Murthy. Murthy served as the CEO of Infosys for 21 years from 1981 to 2002 and was succeeded by co-founder Nandan Nilekani. At Infosys he articulated, designed and implemented the Global Delivery Model for IT services outsourcing from India. He was the chairman of the board from 2002 to 2006, after which he also became the Chief Mentor. In August 2011, he retired from the company, taking the title chairman Emeritus.

• 2005
  

  Murthy serves as an independent director on the corporate board of HSBC and has served as a director on the boards of DBS Bank, Unilever, ICICI and NDTV. He also serves as a member of the advisory boards and councils of several educational and philanthropic institutions, including Cornell University, INSEAD, ESSEC, Ford Foundation, the UN Foundation, the Indo-British Partnership, Asian Institute of Management, a trustee of the Infosys Prize, a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and as a trustee of the Rhodes Trust. He is also the Chairman of the Governing board of Public Health Foundation of India. He serves on the Asia Pacific Advisory Board of British Telecommunications. In 2005 he co-chaired the World Economic Forum in Davos.

• 2013
  

  On 1st June 2013, Murthy returned to Infosys as the Executive chairman and Additional Director. On 12th June 2014 it was announced that Murthy would step down as the Executive chairman effectively on 14th June. He would continue as the Non-Executive chairman until 10th October. On 11th October, Murthy was to be designated as the chairman Emeritus.Murthy has two children, a son Rohan Murty and a daughter Akshata Murthy. On 1st June 2013, Rohan joined Infosys as an executive assistant to his father. He left Infosys effectively on 14th June 2014. Akshata is married to Rishi Sunak since 2009 who is the UKu0027s Chancellor of the Exchequer and Conservative MP for Richmond (Yorks).

• 2016
  

  In 2016, Murthy spoke with Harvard Business Review Ascend on the subject of "How To Be a Better Manager", where he shared tips that he has learned from his own life.

• 2017
  

  In 2017, Murthy raised concerns over alleged corporate governance lapses at Infosys, however the company went on to deny these claims.