Accordingly Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy (born 20 August 1946), commonly referred to as Narayana Murthy, is an Indian IT industrialist and the co-founder of Infosys, a multinational corporation providing business consulting, technology, engineering, and outsourcing services. Reportedly Murthy studied Electrical Engineering at the National Institute of Engineering, University of Mysore, and MTech at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
Meanwhile before starting Infosys, Murthy worked with Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad as chief systems programmer and Patni Computer Systems in Pune (Maharashtra). Furthermore 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. Previously on 1 June 2013, Murthy was appointed as Additional Director and Executive Chairman of the board for a period of five years.
Moreover Murthy has been listed among the 12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time by Fortune magazine and he has been described as the "father of the Indian IT sector" by Time magazine due to his contribution to outsourcing in India. Murthy has also been honored with the Padma Vibhushan and Padma Shri awards.
Accordingly his wife, Sudha Murthy is a social worker and author and also does philanthropic work through the Infosys Foundation. Further Murthy has two children, a son Rohan Murthy and a daughter Akshata Murthy. Earlier on 1 June 2013, Rohan joined Infosys as an executive assistant to his father and later he left Infosys effective 14 June 2014, while Akshata is married to Rishi Sunak, the Conservative MP for Richmond (Yorks).
