Chairman emeritus of Infosys, software giant he cofounded in 1981, still owns valuable stake in firm along with family. While he retired last year and doesn't play any active role in firm, he made it a point to attend the annual shareholders' meeting with wife, Sudha, who heads the Infosys Foundation. Murthy backs startups through his private investment firm, Catamaran Ventures.
Recently caused a stir by saying there has been no invention or "earthshaking" idea from India in the past 6 decades