Narayana Murthy, the founder of Infosys, expressed remorse for not adequately rewarding numerous early employees of the company. He recognized their substantial contributions to the company’s success in its formative years.
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Regrets and Reflections: Mr. Narayana Murthy Insights on Rewarding Early Supporters
During a Q&A session after his book launch, Mr. Murthy stated that there were many highly intelligent early supporters of Infosys whom he couldn’t reward with the same stock options as his co-founders. He acknowledged that their contributions were comparable, if not more, to his own. Reflecting on this, he mentioned that he should have given it more careful consideration, noting that those exceptional individuals would have also gained from such recognition.
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Mr. Murthy’s Remorse and Diplomatic Stance: Reflections on Family and Relations
Seven engineers, including Mr. Murthy, established Infosys in July 1981 in Pune. The other co-founders are Nandan Nilekani, Kris Gopalakrishnan, SD Shibulal, K Dinesh, NS Raghavan, and Ashok Arora. Currently, the company is headquartered in Bengaluru. Recently, Mr. Murthy expressed remorse for not allowing his wife, Sudha Murty, to join Infosys, which has since grown into a tech giant. Sudha Murty initially provided ₹ 10,000 as seed capital for her husband’s venture. Regarding his son-in-law Rishi Sunak, the UK Prime Minister, Mr. Murthy, adopted a diplomatic stance when asked about Sunak’s unexpected rise to prominence.
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