Infosys' journey started in 1981 with an initial capital investment of Rs 10,000. More than 30 years later, its revenues have grown to Rs 27000 crore. Seven entrepreneurs - NR Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, NS Raghavan, S Gopalakrishnan, SD Shibulal, K Dinesh and Ashok Arora - set up what was then called Infosys Consultants Private Limited.
Infosys' journey started in 1981 with an initial capital investment of Rs 10,000. More than 30 years later, its revenues have grown to Rs 27,000 crore.
Seven entrepreneurs - NR Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, NS Raghavan, S Gopalakrishnan, SD Shibulal, K Dinesh and Ashok Arora - set up what was then called Infosys Consultants Private Limited.
Among the founders, a few left Infosys over the years. The first to exit was Ashok Arora, who sold all his stocks in the then unlisted company and settled in the US. Raghavan retired as joint managing director in 2000. Nandan Nilekani stepped down to head the government's unique indentification (UID) project. K Dinesh recently announced his retirement.
Kris Gopalakrishnan and SD Shibulal are still serving as board members while NR Narayana Murthy continues to be the chairman and the chief mentor. He is due for retirement in August.