Narayana Murthy Wanted Job At Wipro, Was Turned Down By Azim Premji: Report
NDTV
Former Wipro chairman Azim Premji later told Mr Murthy the decision to not hire him was a mistake, he revealed.
Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy once applied for a job at Wipro but was turned down, leading to the birth of Infosys, one of Wipro's biggest competitors in the IT industry, the billionaire businessman told CNBC-TV18 in interview on Saturday. Former Wipro chairman Azim Premji later told Mr Murthy the decision to not hire him was a mistake, he revealed.
"Azim once told me that one of the biggest mistakes he committed was not to hire me," the 77-year-old said, adding that if he had been hired by Wipro, things would have turned out differently for both him and Mr Premji's company.
In 1981, Mr Murthy founded Infosys with his six friends and Rs 10,000 seed money provided by his wife and author Sudha Murty.
