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Co-founder of Infosys
About Narayana Murthy
In 1981, with ₹10,000 and seven colleagues in a Pune apartment, he co-founded Infosys, not as a service vendor chasing contracts, but as a mission to prove Indian engineers could build world-class software systems from scratch. He insisted on global delivery models before 'offshoring' had a name, mandated US GAAP compliance years before Indian firms were listed abroad, and refused equity dilution until Infosys earned its first dollar in profit, setting a precedent for financial discipline that reshaped India’s startup ethos. His insistence on transparent governance led Infosys to become the first Indian IT firm to list on NASDAQ in 1999, not just for capital access, but as a statement: integrity could be a competitive advantage. He personally reviewed every employee’s stock option grant, believing ownership aligned purpose. Unlike peers who prioritized scale over structure, he embedded ethics committees, whistleblower protections, and mandatory CSR spend into the company’s DNA, long before SEBI mandated it. His leadership wasn’t about charisma or speed; it was about building institutions that outlived quarterly targets.
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