Azim Premji

bharatiya karobari taikuna, niveshaka, aur paropakari · age 81

Azim Premji photo

life in chapters

6 milestones from birth to now, with Azim's age at every one.

1940s

  1. Birth

    Born July 24, 1945

1960s

  1. age ~21 Career milestone

    Takes over Wipro at age 21

    chairman

    Premji left Stanford to run the family firm Western India Vegetable Products after his father's death, later transforming it into IT giant Wipro.

2000s

  1. age ~56 Career milestone

    Founds the Azim Premji Foundation

    founder

    He established the not-for-profit foundation in 2001 to improve the quality of education in rural India.

2010s

  1. age ~66 Award

    Receives the Padma Vibhushan

    recipient

    The Government of India awarded Premji its second-highest civilian honour in 2011.

  2. age ~68 Career milestone

    First Indian to sign the Giving Pledge

    pledger

    In 2013 Premji joined the Gates-Buffett philanthropy campaign, committing the bulk of his wealth to charity.

  3. age 74 Career milestone

    Steps down as Wipro executive chairman

    outgoing chairman

    Premji handed executive leadership of Wipro to his son Rishad in 2019, staying on as a non-executive founder-chairman.

age 81 now

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