Azim Premji

You can do clean business in India. ”

Wipro Arabia is a joint venture company with Dar Al Riyadh, a well-diversified group in Saudi Arabia. ”

When I took over the family business, it had already been a publicly traded company for 20 years. During one of the first annual meetings I attended, one shareholder stood up and advised me and everyone in attendance that I should resign. ”

My dad told me he wanted me to join in the business, but nothing was firm. He was quite young when he died, so we hadn't talked about it in depth. ”

I inherited the company from my father after he died very unexpectedly from a heart attack in 1966. He was just 51 years old, and I was 21. ”

You cannot get into business for the fashion of it. ”

People are realistic enough to appreciate what the market values of different people are. ”

Customers are now driven by trying to optimize value. ”

All our hiring staff are trained to interview in English. They're trained to look for Westernized segments because we deal with global customers. ”

We entered the global market only in the end-'80s, and that was because imports became more liberal. ”