Interesting and unknown facts about Azim Premji – The famous philanthropist of India

Azim Premji is one of the most popularised business tycoons of India. The billionaire is the founding father and the chairman of the Wipro IT Industry.

Azim Premji is one of the most popularised business tycoons of India. The billionaire is the founding father and the chairman of the Wipro IT Industry. Premji is also said to be one of the top philanthropists of India. Yet somehow there are many things about Premji you might not know yet which is why we have enlisted some of the top interesting and unknown facts about him down below :

An invite from Pakistan

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It is known that the father of Azim Premji is Muhammad Hashem Premji, who is said to have gotten an invitation from the Pakistani authorities to come to Pakistan. This invitation was sent across by the establisher of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah. But the invitation was declined by his father as he decided to stay back in India during the partition.

Completion of his education after 30 long years

At the age of 21 Azim Premji was pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in Science but due to his father’s demise, he had to drop out from Stanford University and had to discontinue his education but later on its said he completed his education after 30 years.

Inspirational Idol

It has been accounted that Azim Premji major source of inspiration facilitates be Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata.

Believes in Charity

As we all are aware Azim Premji believes in giving out and helping out individuals. So in total, he accumulates to do a lot of charity. He also transferred 8.6% of his stake to the Azim Premji Foundation and the total estimated value of these funds is about Rs 8646 crore. It is said to be the biggest percentage to be ever donated in India.

Awards

He is said to be facilitated with Padma Vibhushan which is accounted to be the second-highest civilian award in India. He was given this honour in the year 2011.

These were some of the unknown and interesting facts accumulated by us about Azim Premji.