Azim Premji, Chairman of one of India’s top 3 Tech firms WIPRO is the 6th richest Tech leader in the world. Premji’s networth is $ 13.3 billion according to The Times of India. This places him ahead of Google’s founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
Azim Premji holds 82% of WIPRO and it is interesting to see that an India based Tech Business head beats several America and Europe based Businessmen. Indian IT businesses, this proves, are becoming financially powerful at a global level.
According to the report the list of top 10 Tech leaders is:
- Bill Gates
- Paul Allen, co-founder Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)
- Michael Dell, founder of DELL Computers
- Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle Corp (ORCL)
- Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft
- Azim Premji
- Sergey Brin
- Larry Page
- Pierre Omidyar founder of eBay (EBAY) and
- Hasso Plattner, co-founder of SAP A.G
