Helming Wipro for nearly four decades, Azim Premji is recognized as the stalwart of the Indian IT industry. He has been included twice in the list of 100 most influential people by TIME Magazine. An alumnus of Standford University, he navigated a successful shift of Wipro from the consumer health industry to the hightechnology sector in the 1960s.Premji is well known for his philanthropy, having signed up for the Giving Pledge. Premji has donated USD 2.2 billion to the Azim Premji foundation.