Indian Outsourcing Billionaires

Narayana Murthy laid down the foundation of Infosys in 1981 with six other professionals. He served the company for long 21 years and made it a pioneer in consulting and IT. He through his vision made the company to excel globally in outsourcing. He handed Infosys to co-founder Nandan M Nilekani in March 2002 and is the chief mentor and non-executive Chairman of the company with a net worth of $1.4 billion. Under his supervision and guidance the company was listed on NASDAQ in 1999. He has been conferred with honorary doctorate degrees by leading universities across the world. Nandan Nilekani, Infosys Technologies: The co-founder of Infosys and current co-chairman of the company, Nandan Nilekani is next on the list with a net worth of $1.1 billion. He served the company as Chief Executive and Managing Director till June 2007. He was youngest on the list of World Economic Forum Foundation Board comprising of 20 entrepreneurs in January 2006. He received Fortune magazine's "Asia's Businessmen of the Year 2003" award. In 2006, he was conferred with Padma Bhushan to honor his smart thinking to make an Indian company a global brand. Senapathy Gopalakrishnan, Infosys Technologies. Azim Premji is a man of substance and has been among the Financial Times list of top 25 billionaires who have done most to bring about significant and lasting social, political or cultural changes. In January 2005, the Government conferred him with Padma Bhushan.