Narayana Murti

Narayanamurti is an Indian industrialist and software engineer. He is the founder of Infosys, a software consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. In 1981, he founded Infosys and served as the company's CEO from 1981 to 2002. From 1981 to 2011, he served as the chairman and chief mentor. Under his leadership, Infosys was listed on NASDAQ in 1999 and currently serves as the honorary chairman of the company. The Global Delivery Model, which Murty clearly proposed, designed, and implemented, has pioneered the successful operation of IT service outsourcing in India. He has led major corporate governance initiatives in India and is an information technology consultant for multiple Asian countries. He currently serves on the boards of HSBC, Ford Foundation, Rhodes Trust, Indian Business School, and the United Nations Foundation. From 2007 to 2010, he was a member of the Unilever Board of Directors; From 2002 to 2012, he served as the Chairman of the Bangalore International School of Information Technology, and from 2002 to 2007, he served as the Chairman of the Indian School of Management. In addition, he has also served at Cornell University, Singapore Management University, European School of Business Administration Paris, Wharton School of Business, and Stanford University School of Business. In 2012, Fortune magazine rated him as one of the 12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time; In 2005, The Economist magazine rated him as one of the top ten most admired business leaders in the world. Since joining the workforce, Murty has received numerous awards, including Padma Vibhushan, the highest civic award awarded by the Indian government, as well as the Legion of Honor Legion Legion Legion Legion Legion of France and the British Empire Order CBE, respectively. He is the first Indian to receive the Ernst&Young Annual World Entrepreneur Award and the Max Smithsonian Freedom Award. He often appears on the list of entrepreneurs and investors published by Business Week, Time, CNN, Fortune, India Today, Business Standards, Forbes, and other magazines. He is a member of both the Indian National Academy of Engineering and the American National Academy of Engineering. In 2012, he received the Hoover Medal. In addition, he also received the 2007 Ernst Weber Medal from the American Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IEEE. He holds approximately 25 honorary doctorate titles from Indian or foreign universities.