Wipro
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These values are our bedrock. They define and make us. Our character and destinies are energized by our values.
Journey
- 1945 – 1965
At only twenty-one, Mohamedhusain Hasham Premji took over his late father’s grain trade and expanded into manufacturing. His first project was an oil mill in the Indian heartland – Western India Vegetable Products.Mohamedhusain’s wife, Dr Gulbanoo Premji, did not shy away from challenges, either. She took over as the Chairperson of Western India Vegetable Products, and worked to set up the Children’s Orthopaedic Hospital in Bombay. Later, she helped set up a cerebral palsy unit.
- 1966 – 1978
After the untimely death of Mohamedhusain at age 51, his son, Azim H. Premji was called home from college at Stanford to take over the management of the family business. Premji would move the business to a brand-oriented company, leaving behind its legacy as a commodity-based vegetable oil-maker.
Western India Vegetable Products was on the rise, moving from its cramped offices to a new building in the heart of Bombay. Soon afterwards, the company formally registered itself as Wipro. No longer would it be limited by its name.
- 1979 – 1990
In August 1979, Wipro recruited its first members of the Infotech division. Two months later, Wipro applied for a license to develop, manufacture and market minicomputers.
By 1989, Wipro had become a diversified manufacturer of computer systems, consumer products and industrial equipment, but as the 90s opened up, so did another transformation in Wipro’s story.
1991 – 2005
As the technology market grew around the world, Wipro dove deeply into IT services and partnerships with leading technology companies. In 1996, Wipro shifted its base to Bangalore, where our Headquarters remain today.
In 2000, Wipro grows to a one billion-dollar company and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.- 2006 onwards
The growth and transformation of Wipro continued into the new millennium with major acquisitions, investments, and technological innovations. On July 31, 2019, Premji retired as the Executive Chairman of Wipro Limited.
‘Leading Wipro from 1966 till now has been the greatest privilege of my life. It has been an extraordinary journey — growing from being a small vegetable oil company to the diverse global business that we are today. It is the deep commitment and hard work of Wiproites across generations that has helped shape the organization of today,’ he wrote in his last letter.
In 2019, Rishad succeeded the senior Premji as the Chairman of Wipro Limited.
In July 2020, Thierry Delaporte took the reins as CEO. ‘It’s the best brand in the industry,’ says Delaporte. ‘People are constructive, they’re positive, they love their company. I’m the luckiest because I’m working with people who have placed the interests of Wipro Limited before their own interests. These are incredible values.’
and this successful journey of wipro is currently going on….
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