'Premji world's richest Muslim entrepreneur'
NEW YORK: India's software czar Azim Premji now has a new nomenclature - the world's richest Muslim entrepreneur - as he holds more wealth than an
y other Muslim outside the Persian Gulf royalty, a US media report said.
Financial daily 'Wall Street Journal' has written a front-page profile on chairman of India's third largest IT exporter Wipro, saying Premji defies all the conventional wisdom about Islamic tycoons -- he does not hail from the Persian Gulf, did not make his money in petroleum, and does not wear his faith on his sleeve.
"Azim Premji has tapped India's abundant engineering talent to transform a family vegetable-oil firm, Wipro Ltd, into a technology and outsourcing giant. By serving Western manufacturers, airlines and utilities, the company has brought Premji a fortune of some $17 billion," the report said.
Premji is ahead of Russia's metal and real estate baron Suleman Kerimov ($14 billion), Kuwait's Nasser Kharafi ($11), Saudi Arabia's Mohammad Amoudi ($8 billion), UAE's Abdulaziz Ghurair ($8 billion), Russia's Iskander Mahmudov (8 billion), Saudi's Maan Sanea ($7.5 billion) and Saudi's Suleiman Rajhi ($7.5 billion) among the richest Muslim entrepreneurs in the world.
The daily quoted Premji in the report titled "How a Muslim Billionaire Thrives in Hindu India" as saying that such success shows globalization is turning into "two-way traffic" that can bring tangible benefits to developing countries.
"We have always seen ourselves as Indian. We've never seen ourselves as Hindus, or Muslims, or Christians or Buddhists," Premji told WSJ in an interview.
yes soniya, WK seriously meant Rakhi Sawant..he likes cheap stuff; he says it's more fun.....(now WK dont say u like me too :)- lol
wk, did u really say RAKHI SAWANT?? eeeihh...were u not getting ne other names to mention??lolzzz..shez so cheapo...
Mr whiteknight is write I met Ratan Tata during innuagration party of TAta tele services in our state
corporate life in INDIA is very cool & friendly
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MY NAME IS KHAN
guys, whytenight is right..in corporate india it is very easy to meet these guys.. you may not interact with them personally, but you always see these guys..I have seen narayana murthy shopping when i was in bangalore..it is no big deal...and I have seen the ex-president abdul kalam too..
painther meeting Narayanmurthy is a cakewalk, Meeting Rakhi Sawant is too damn tough :P
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Meeting these guys not so very strange!!!
WK is right, who are they? simply CEO's working like any other guy in the same company.
meeting film stars however is very difficult though.
well all u guys, hold ur breath, i have met RATAN TATA..now say..lol
Why is it so surprising, he is very accessible. Maybe afrinnabees you haven't seen corporate life back in India.
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Mr.WhyteKnight
So u saw mr pream in ur Dreamzz..cool wats he saying..u both went down for a party?
Alrite
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MY NAME IS KHAN
You don't need to be to meet him. Anyway Wipro was one of our competitor and for a big job in Gurgaon, he had come himself to try and get the job which ofcourse he did. The client trusted him more than me or my Area Manager.
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Oh really whitenight or u some kind of CEO or high management employee
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MY NAME IS KHAN
I know what he meant.
Anyway I met Mr. Premji a couple of times and he is a very fine gentleman and very humble too.
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He mean to say Majority population
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MY NAME IS KHAN
I thought he is a human!!
It is not Hindu India, It is INDIA.
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