N.R. Narayana Murthy (ಎನ್. ಆರ್. ನಾರಾಯಣಮೂರ್ತಿ) founded the Infosys about 20 ago with borrowed $250 from his wife. Now as long as you type the Infosys, you can find out what’s the market cap for this company. How can he turn a small company into a giant?
There are several reasons, but from a conversation with him, I learned that the role model is one of several important factors contributing his success. He admired two people in the world: one is Mohammad Ghandi, and the other is Lee Kuan Yew ( 李光耀). The common characteristics are the liberalization and economic reform carried by them to lead the two countries to the next level. They were the inspiring people to encourage Narayana to go as far as today.
From the conversation, he also mentioned that success is like going through the business cycle. The failure could strengthen your characters, making you stronger and leaner.
Also, social responsibility is also a concern to today’s world. He also mentioned that “goodwill to society is important. . . It also generate value to shareholders.”
These are some important issues interested me and I took some note on those.
Now it comes down to what I have learned form him, CEO, Chairman, engineer, etc.. A successful person can not be made in a day; the greatness stems from the hardwork, patience and resilient to failures.
To be continued…