The Ledger / N.R. Narayana Murthy
N.R. Narayana Murthy
◼ Origin
N.R. Narayana Murthy co-founded Infosys in 1981 with six colleagues, each contributing Rs 10,000 from personal savings, and built it into India's second-largest IT services company with over $18 billion in annual revenue and 300,000+ employees. He is credited with pioneering the global offshore/onshore software delivery model and championing corporate governance reforms in Indian business. He served as CEO until 2002 and returned as Executive Chairman briefly in 2013-2014.
◼ Self-Made Verdict — YES
Co-founded Infosys from Rs 10,000 personal savings in 1981 with no inherited enterprise or capital base.
◼ Documented marks
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Co-founder and former CEO of Infosys Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY), India's second-largest IT services company ($18B+ revenue, 300,000+ employees)
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Credited with pioneering the offshore/onshore software delivery model that shaped the entire Indian IT industry's global expansion from the 1990s onward
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Infosys paid a record $34M civil settlement to US DHS/ICE in 2013 for systemic B-1 visa abuse used to staff US-based IT projects at below H-1B wage requirements
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Returned as Executive Chairman in 2013-2014 following a governance crisis; son Rohan Murthy served as his personal assistant during this period, sparking nepotism concerns
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Infosys shares fell 17% in single-day trading (October 2019) after a whistleblower letter from 'Ethical Employees' alleged financial manipulations by CEO Salil Parekh — later cleared by an audit committee investigation
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Co-founder and former CEO of Infosys Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY), India's second-largest IT services company ($18B+ revenue, 300,000+ employees)
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Credited with pioneering the offshore/onshore software delivery model that shaped the entire Indian IT industry's global expansion from the 1990s onward
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Infosys paid a record $34M civil settlement to US DHS/ICE in 2013 for systemic B-1 visa abuse used to staff US-based IT projects at below H-1B wage requirements
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Returned as Executive Chairman in 2013-2014 following a governance crisis; son Rohan Murthy served as his personal assistant during this period, sparking nepotism concerns
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Infosys shares fell 17% in single-day trading (October 2019) after a whistleblower letter from 'Ethical Employees' alleged financial manipulations by CEO Salil Parekh — later cleared by an audit committee investigation
No inheritance, or primary accounts documented for this billionaire yet.
◼ List of charges
Total sentence
0–0 years
That is
0.0–0.0 life sentences
(using 78 years as one life)
These are moral charges, not legal ones. The actual legal system has not — and will not — bring them.
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