Azim Premji
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Software services
- Industry
- Technology
- Residence
- Bangalore
- Organization
- Founder Chairman at Wipro Ltd.
- Education
- Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
Assets
- Wipro Ltd.750,534,000 shares @ --507685-IN
Biography
Indian tech magnate Azim Premji's $10.4 billion (revenue) Wipro is among India's largest software services providers.
Premji gave up studies at Stanford in 1966 to look after the family's cooking oil business when his father died and expanded into software.
In 2019, Premji's son Rishad, succeeded his father as Wipro's executive chairman. The elder Premji is founder chairman.
In May 2025, the Azim Premji Foundation committed $265 million over three years for underprivileged girls to complete their college education. In January 2026, it said it would build a 1,000-bed charitable hospital in Bangalore.
About
Wipro has an innovation center in Silicon Valley, which is focused on developing new technologies and collaborating with startups.
Premji is among the world's most generous billionaires, having given away $21 billion to his charitable foundation.
His private investment arm, PremjiInvest, has stakes in companies such as fellow billionaire Harsh Mariwala's Marico.
In 2020, his Azim Premji Foundation pledged $150 million to provide aid for those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
His son Rishad Premji stirred up a debate when he called the practice of moonlighting in the tech industry as cheating.