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Infosys CEO
Speaks to
Graduates
Narayana N.R. Murthy,
co-founder, chairman and
CEO of Infosys Technologies
Limited, spoke at MBA commencement
ceremonies on
May 20. Murthy, a member
of Wharton's Asian Executive
Board, founded Infosys in
1981 with six partners and
$250. He has since built the
company into a global software
and consulting powerhouse,
providing e-strategy
consulting and solutions,
large application development
and enterprise integration services
for global corporations.
Murthy served as managing
director of Infosys until
February 1999, the same year
that Infosys became the first
Indian company to list on
the Nasdaq. Under his leadership,
Infosys pioneered
the employee stock-option
scheme and was also voted
the best employer in India
by a Hewitt study.
According to a profile
in Business 2.0 magazine,
Murthy has emerged as one
of India's most respected citizens.
He has also been described
as a social visionary
who speaks openly about the
social welfare of his country.
Mr. Murthy was featured in
the Asiaweek Power 50 – a
list of Asia's most powerful
people. Business Week named
him one of the Top Entrepreneurs
of the Year in 1999,
and also chose him as one of
"The Stars of Asia" for three
consecutive years: 1998,
1999 and 2000.
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