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3. Aziz Premji : |
An alumnus of Stanford University,
USA, Mr.Azim H Premji joined Wipro in 1966 at the age of 21.
(now he is the Chairman of Wipro
Corporation).
Under his leadership, a Rs.70
million company in hydrogenated cooking fats has grown to a $500
million diversified, integrated Corporation in Services, Technology
Products and Consumer Products with leadership positions in the
businesses it is in.
A role model for young entrepreneurs
across the world, Mr.Azim Premji has integrated the country's
entrepreneurial tradition with professional management, based on
sound values and uncompromising integrity.
Mr.Azim Premji's
strength lies in bringing together and building charged teams of
high potential-high performing people. His vision and pragmatism
have helped Wipro Corporation to become the #2 most competitive and
successful company in India as rated by Business Today, a leading
business magazine in India Today, Wipro in terms of market
capitalization is among the top 10 Corporations in India.
Mr. Premji very strongly believes that the most important
contributors to Wipro's success have been the articulations and
faithful adherence to core values, a shared vision for the future,
identification and development of Wipro leaders through clearly
defined Wipro Leaders' Qualities.
A hands-on business leader
with standards of excellence in everything that the Corporation
does, Mr. Premji is almost fanatical about delivering value to
customers and his willingness to sacrifice business and profits to
hold on to "Our Promise".
Mr. Premji was the Prime drive
behind Wipro's decision to achieve "Six Sigma" status in the next
six years. In his address to the top management of Wipro Corporation
on May 2. 1997, he said, "The end objective of our 'customer-in'
concept is that we want to build the voice of the customer in our
products and services. This is opposite to the concept of
'product-out', which is the way the world has been operating for
some time." In this journey of achieving the near defect-free
products and services, Mr. Premji is very clear that as a world
class organisation, what Wipro needs to be concerned about is the
process, not merely the results.
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