Narayana Murthy's birthday: 5 unknown facts about the Infosys founder
Narayan Murthy's name on them, she had said on The Kapil Sharma Show. She joked, “I wondered if Narayan Murthy is some international bus conductor. I thought that he would look handsome and dashing, just like a film hero.
But when he opened the door, I was like who is this young kid?" 4. Mr Murthy started Infosys with six software professionals Nandan M Nilekani, S Gopalakrishnan, S D Shibulal, K Dinesh, NS Raghavan and Ashok Arora in 1981 after borrowing ₹10,000 from his wife Sudha Murthy. Mrs Murthy currently is the chairperson at Infosys foundation.
5. Murthy has been honoured with Wharton Dean's Medal in May 2001 by the University of Pennsylvania, Max Schmidheiny Freedom Prize in 2001 by Max Schmidheiny Foundation at the University of St. Gallen.
In 2007, he was awarded Ernst Weber Managerial Leadership Award. In 2008, he was awarded Padma Vibhushanb by the Indian Government. Moreover, he has also been Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship in 2009, Hoover Medal in 2012, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in 2017 and Founder's Medal in 2018.
Meanwhile, last year, when the company commemorated its 41 years of existence last year, Narayana Murthy revealed his biggest regret as a chairman of the company. He stated he was wrong that the children of the founders should not get involved in the company's management roles. Murthy said he was wrong in keeping the next-generation promoter group out of Infosys.
However, yesterday he regretted keeping this belief for so long. And, said, "I was depriving this organisation of legitimate talent. I take back whatever I said."
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