1. Have a Broader Social Vision

The fact that the Wipro wizard has made a case for having a broader social vision many times over in numerous forums across the world explains how close it is to his heart.

“For decades we have been waiting for someone who will help us in ‘priming the pump’ of the economy,” he notes with a certain discomfiture. Many think that thinking and working towards social causes is the sole onus of the day’s government, but that is not the case. He elucidates how, in the ‘millennium of the mind’, knowledge-based industries like information technology are in a unique position to earn wealth from outside. This wealth, or a part of it, they must invest in bridging the immense inequality between India’s rich and poor.

Not limiting himself to just philosophizing, Premji set up the Azim Premji Foundation. The foundation works towards the universalization of Primary Education. “The greatest gift one can give to others is the gift of education,” he quips, reflecting emotionally on those who have educated him during his formative years, most of all, his father.

“The greatest legacy he endowed me with was the legacy of values. That is what has helped me become what I am today,” signs off the new-age Indian plutocrat who incidentally loves hiking and insists on flying economy class.