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Sudha Murthy                     Sudha Murthy  is an Indian engineering teacher and author in  Kannada  and English . She began her professional career in computer science and engineering. She is the chairperson of the   Infosys Foundation  and a member of the public health care initiatives of the  Gates Foundation .  She has founded several orphanages, participated in rural development efforts, supported the movement to provide all  Karnataka  government schools with computer and library facilities, and established 'The Murthy Classical Library of India' at   Harvard University .  Murthy initiated a bold move to introduce computer and library facilities in all schools in Karnataka & taught  computer science . She got "Best Teacher Award" in 1995 from Rotary Club at  Bengaluru (erstwhile Bangalore) . Murthy is best known for her social work and her contributio...

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy                                                   Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy  (born 20 August 1946) is an   Indian   billionaire  businessman , and philanthropist . He is the co-founder of  Infosys , and has been chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief mentor, before retiring and taking the title chairman emeritus.          Before starting Infosys, Murthy worked with  Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad  as chief systems programmer , and Patni Computer Systems in Pune (Maharashtra). He started Infosys in 1981 and was its CEO from 1981 to 2002, and chairman from 2002 to 2011. In 2011, he stepped down from the board and became chairman emeritus. In June 2013, Murthy was appointed as executive chairman for a period of five ye...

Rathan Tata           Ratan Naval Tata  (born on 28 December 1937) is an Indian industrialist, philanthropist, and a former chairman of  Tata Sons . He was also chairman of  Tata Group , from 1990 to 2012, and again, as interim chairman, from October 2016 through February 2017, and continues to head its charitable trusts.   .   He is well known for his business ethics and philanthropy.              He is a scion of the   Tata family , and great-grandson of  Jamshedji Tata , the founder of  Tata Group . He is an alumnus of the   Cornell University College of Architecture . He joined his company in 1961, and was the apparent successor to  J. R. D. Tata  upon the latter's retirement in 1991. During Ratan Tata's chairmanship of 21 years, revenues grew over 40 times, and profit, over 50 times.  He boldly got  Tata Tea  to acquire  Tetley ,  T...

Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry            Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry   (Born on 1929) is an Indian-born Irish  billionaire  construction tycoon and chairman of  Shapoorji Pallonji Group  who is the richest   Irish person . According to  Forbes , his wealth is estimated to be US$14.4 billion as of October 2019. With his 18.3% stake in  Tata Sons ,  he is the largest individual shareholder in India's largest private conglomerate,   Tata Group , the primary shareholder of which is the Tata philanthropic Allied Trusts , with 66 per cent controlling interest. Early life Pallonji Mistry was born in a  Parsi family from Gujarat. Mistry was educated at the  Cathedral & John Connon School , followed by  Imperial College London. The Mistrys own a substantial construction company, Shapoorji Pallonji . Shapoorji, the group patriarch and Pallonji 's father, built some ...