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Azim Hashim Premji (born 24 July 1945) is an Indian businessman and philanthropist, who was the chairman of Wipro Limited. Premji remains a non-executive member of the board and founder chairman. [4] He is informally known as the Czar of the Indian IT Industry.
Sep 3, 2021 · In 1945, M.H. Hasham Premji had registered a company, named Western India Vegetable Products Ltd (now abbreviated to Wipro), that manufactured vegetable and refined oils in Amalner, a town in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district.
Dec 29, 2020 · Bengaluru: On December 29th, 1945, a businessman from Mumbai, Muhamed Husain Hasham Premji, registered Western India Vegetable Products Limited after buying an oil mill in Amalner, a city located in the Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.
Nov 14, 2017 · Chairman Azim Premji abandoned his studies and took over the business when his father, Mohamed Hasham Premji, died in 1966. His expansion into software brought the family riches.
Jun 24, 2023 · M.H. Hasham Premji, a visionary leader, recognized the potential for growth and diversification beyond the vegetable oil business. However, fate had other plans when he passed away in 1966, leaving the company’s reins to his 21-year-old son, Azim Premji.
The company was incorporated on 29 December 1945 in Amalner by MH Hasham Premji as Western India Vegetable Products Limited, a manufacturer of cooking oils. [5] [6] [7] In 1966, after Hasham Premji's death, his son Azim Premji dropped out of Stanford University and took over as chairperson at age 21.
Azim Premji was born on July 24, 1945, in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, into a Nizari Ismaili Shia Muslim family. His father Mohamed Hashem Premji was a prominent businessman who founded the Western Indian Vegetable Products Ltd., a company dealing in vegetable products and refined oils.
In 1968, After the untimely death of Mohamedhusain at age 51, his son, Azim H. Premji was called home from college at Stanford to take over the management of the family business.
Explore the remarkable journey and transformative business insights of Azim H. Premji, the visionary leader behind Wipro's success in the global business landscape.
Jun 24, 2019 · It was fired by the spirit of his mother, Gulbanoo M.H. Hasham Premji, a trained doctor who spent a lifetime helping set up a children’s orthopaedic hospital at Haji Ali in Bombay, even...
