About Azim Premji:
Azim Hashim Premji is an Indian business tycoon, investor and philanthropist, who is the chairman of Wipro Limited, informally known as the Czar of the Indian IT Industry. He was responsible for guiding Wipro through four decades of diversification and growth to finally emerge as one of the global leaders in the Software Industry. According to Forbes, he was the richest Indian during the 1999-2005 period with personal wealth in excess of $180 billion when the share of Wipro stood an all time high of Rs.8900 or $235 at that time. He is currently the third wealthiest Indian, and the 60th richest person in the world, with a personal wealth of $19.5 billion in March 2015. In 2010, he was voted among the 20 most powerful men in the world by Asiaweek. He has twice been listed among the 100 most influential people by TIME Magazine, once in 2004 and more recently in 2011. Premji owns 73% percent of Wipro and also owns a private equity fund, PremjiInvest, which manages his $2 billion worth of personal portfolio. In 2013 he gave away 25 per cent of his personal wealth to charity and has also pledged to give away the rest of 25% in the next 5 years.
I think the advantage of democracy is that it makes us less dependent on a group of leaders.
Azim Premji