India's Top Family Run Businesses

By siliconindia   |   Wednesday, 09 November 2011, 00:29 IST
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4.Wipro Headquartered in Bangalore, Wipro technologies is a global information technology services company which was founded by M.H. Hasham Premji in 1945. After M.H Hasan Premji's sudden death, his son Azim Premji had to leave Stanford University to take care of the company which he struggled to convert it into Wipro technologies. Recently Rishad Premji son of Azim Premji is promoted as the Vice President of Wipro. Wipro provides outsourced research and development, infrastructure outsourcing, business process outsourcing (BPO) and business consulting services. The company operates in three divisions: IT Services, IT Products, Consumer Care and Lighting. According to an annual survey conducted by Brand Finance and The Economic Times in 2010, Wipro is 9th most valuable brand in India. Azim Premji is the chairman of the company.