Narayan Murthy, founding father of Infosys, is calm, unpretentious, self-effacing, soft-spoken person and caring father like figure for the employees of Infosys.



He does not wear pricey suits, does not have high-flying lifestyle. By his ‘simple living high thinking‘ phenomenon, he has become the most admired business leader among the business schools in India.



He builded Infosys as the nation’s second largest software company and now planning to take retirement from his post as chairman and chief mentor of Infosys on August 30, 2006. He turns 60 this month.







According to him,

There is a rule in our company that people leave their executive posts at the age of 60. So I will. If the board of directors decides that I should continue as non-executive chairman for whatever term, I will be thrilled and privileged to continue in that capacity.

A man of few words and more of action, Murthy’s name is synonymous with Infosys. He dared to think big and audaciously and has succeeded where only a few have - as a true mentor.



According to his partners, the best part of his qualities are his courage, his decisiveness, quick decision and guts to face its cost. He served as Infy’s Chief Executive Officer from 1981-2002 and delegated the post to his co-founder Nandan M. Nilekani.



He owns real communist thinking in terms of sharing his wealth with his co-workers. He believes in democratisation of wealth. Because of this policy and employees performance its founders, executives, drivers, assistants and retail investors all have became crorepati.







He is a socially responsible person too. He founded Infosys Foundation in 1996. The foundation, run by his wife Sudha Naraya Murthy, supports and encourages the underprivileged sections of society.



His strict adherence to value systems sometimes led him in troubles too with former Prime Minister Deve Gowda over Bangalore’s International Airport project.



He strictly rejected the idea of job reservation in private sector and firmly opposed the caste system as criterion for a job.







He has some post retirement plans. Murthy feels that his position on the advisory board of the company and many other universities in the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific would keep him busy.





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