N.R. Narayana Murthy
N.R. Narayana Murthy
Mallikarjun Katakol for Forbes India
At a Glance
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Age70
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Earnings$ 1.87 Billion
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Source of earningsSoftware services
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Marital StatusMarried
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Children2
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ResidenceBangalore
Forbes India Lists
#62 India Rich List 2016
#53 India Rich List Rank 2015
#53 India Rich List Rank 2014
#37 India Rich List Rank 2013
Profile
Legendary cofounder of Infosys gets wealth from a minority stake in the firm from which he retired after installing a former SA P executive as the company's first non-founder CEO. His private investment firm, Catamaran Ventures, has formed an insurance brokerage joint venture with British broker Aon. The Infosys Foundation, overseen by wife Sudha, is setting up the Infosys Institute of Robotic Surgery in Bangalore with health care firm Narayana Health.
Murthy recently disclosed that Azim Premji once interviewed him for a job at Wipro—and he was rejected
