Indian Billionaire & Wipro founder Azim Premji Set to retire
Indian billionaire and Wipro Ltd founder Azim Premji, who turned a small maker of vegetable oil into a USD 8.5 billion software behemoth, will retire as the company head by July-end and hand over reins of the firm to his son, Rishad.
Premji, who turns 74 next month, will retire as executive chairman upon the completion of his current term on July 30, 2019, after having led the company for 53 years, Wipro said in a statement.
Rishad Azim Hasham Premji is Wipro's Chief Strategy Officer since May 2015 and has been on the company board since 2018. A BA in Economics from Wesleyan University in US and an MBA degree holder from Harvard Business School, he is also Chairman of National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM).
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