Indian Business Magnate's Scions

By siliconindia | Thursday, 02 January 2014, 10:54 Hrs

Rohan Murty

When Narayana Murthy returned to Infosys in June this year, he brought along with him his son Rohan Murty to help steady the ship. It was widely speculated that Rohan would carry the designation of Vice President, but it was recently confirmed that he would be working as an Executive Assistant to his father and Managing Director SD Shibalul. Rohan, 30, has a Ph. D in Computer Science from the prestigious Harvard University and he did his Bachelor’s in Computer Science from Cornell University.

Rishad Premji

IT czar Azim Premji’s son Rishad Premji joined Wipro back in 2007 as a Business Head for Special Projects in the Banking and Financial Services Vertical (BFSI). He was responsible for Wipro’s successful entry into the Mortgage arena as an end-to-end provider of Mortgage solutions, which in turn led to the acquisition of Gallagher Financial Systems. He quickly climbed up the ladder and is now the Chief Strategy Officer of Wipro. Rishad has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University, U.S. Prior to arriving at Wipro he worked with GE Capital and Bain & Co in their London Office.