BELIEVE TO SUCCEED LIKE AZIM PREMJI (PB)

We must remain ‘trustees’ of
our wealth for society, not its owners. — Azim Premji To decode success, one
must borrow a leaf from an accomplished life. In this book, author Rajiv
Agarwal, also a management professor and family business consultant shows the
strategies used by the czar of the Indian IT industry, Azim Premji, to chart
his route for success. In the fourth book in the series, Management Lessons
from the Masters, Agarwal analyzes various moves and decisions made by Premji
before he became the face of corporate philanthropy. He shares an insight
into the vision and principles of a man who started his entrepreneurial
journey with a small vegetable oil company at the young age of 21 and went on
to build Wipro, one of India’s leading IT organizations. In this
authoritative and compelling account, the author shows how Premji, the
founder chairman of Wipro, fearlessly diversified the organization into
varied industries (FMCG, IT services and infrastructure engineering).
Besides, Premji also inspired entrepreneurs around the world to generously
donate large parts of their wealth. Today, his endowment of $21 billion is
among the top five endowments in the world. A must read for aspiring leaders
as well as students, this book shows how wealth can be used to impact the
lives of many, not just stakeholders of a business.