Narayana Murthy - a profile

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy usually referred to as Narayana Murthy is an Indian businessman and the co-founder of Infosys, a multinational corporation providing business consulting, technology, engineering, and outsourcing services. Murthy was born and raised in Mysore, Karnataka, studied Electrical Engineering at National Institute of Engineering, University of Mysore, and M.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

Before starting Infosys, Murthy worked with Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad as chief systems programmer and Patni Computer Systems,Pune. He started Infosys in 1981 and served as its CEO from 1981 to 2002 and as Chairman from 2002 to 2011. In 2011, he stepped down from the board and became Chairman Emeritus. On 1st June 2013, Murthy was appointed as an Additional Director and the Executive Chairman of the board, for a period of five years.

Narayana Murthy has been listed among the 12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time along with Apple's late chief Steve Jobs, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg by Fortune magazine. He has been described as Father of Indian IT sector by Time magazine due to his contribution in outsourcing revolution in India.

surrounded by computers in Bangalore.


Narayana Murthy, Chairman and CEO of Infosys Technologies Ltd
queues up in his office cafeteria during lunch time in Bangalore.


Japanese PM Yoshiro Mori is welcomed by N.R Narayana Murthy.

Chairman of Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates shakes hands with
N. R. Narayana Murthy


Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with N R Narayana Murthy.



PM Manmohan Singh (R) is accompanied by Narayana Murthy.

Vaclav Klaus (C), President of the Czech Republic, plays billiards

with wife Livia Klausova (L) and Narayana Murthy.



Narayana Murthy, Chairman and CEO of Infosys Technologies Ltd