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Wipro’s rishad premji may cease to continue as the company’s chairman in an executive role if Sebi’s guidelines on segregation of the positions of chairman and CEO/MD in the top 500-listed companies comes into effect on April 1. The new rule mandates that the chairperson of the board must be a non-executive director.

It's son-rise at Wipro. In a transition that was on expected lines and set in motion over a decade ago, rishad premji, Azim Premji’s firstborn, will take over as Wipro chairman in July. Premji Jr, the Cathedral boy from Mumbai with a business degree from Harvard Business School, has done multiple gigs at Wipro.

rishad premji took charge as the chairman of Wipro effective Wednesday. He takes over from Azim Premji who retired as chairman on July 30 after an eventful innings at the helm, transforming a small cooking oil company that his father started in 1945 into a $25-billion (Rs 1.8-lakh-crore) global IT powerhouse.

In comparison, CEO Abidali Neemuchwala, who was paid in US dollars, got an equivalent of Rs 6.3 crore in gross salary, Rs 1.7 crore in variable pay, Rs 10.2 crore in other annual compensation, along with various perks, taking his total compensation to Rs 18.2 crore, up 35%.

rishad premji, elder son of Wipro chairman Azim Premji, rarely speaks to the media. His first and last major interaction was six years ago.

As the son of Wipro chairman Azim Premji, rishad premji is entitled to a commission of 0.35% on the incremental consolidated net profits of Wipro compared to the previous fiscal year.

rishad premji, 34, chief strategy officer at Wipro, the $6-billion conglomerate in which his family owns nearly 80% of the stake – and where many think he will succeed his father – insists he is just one among the large number of professionals in the company.

Founder, chairman, and managing director of Wipro, Azim Premji will step down on July 30th and the world will have its eyes on the next chief rishad premji, eldest son of Azim, who joined Wipro in 2007. Before Wipro, Rishad was working with Bain & Company in London. He is a Harvard Business School graduate and has a BA in Economics degree from Wesleyan University, US.

Wipro chairman rishad premji on Wednesday said the company has fired 300 employees in the past few months for working for direct competitors while being on the rolls of Wipro. "Employees can have a transparent dialogue with the organisation about their second or weekend work, but we discovered 300 employees who were working for direct competitors. There is no place for them," he said.

Srini Pallia has been appointed as Wipro's new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. Since joining Wipro in 1992, he has held various leadership roles, including President of Wipro’s Consumer Business Unit and Global Head of Business Application Services.

Wipro is looking at cloud computing, mobility, analytics and social media in a big way

Wipro founder Azim Premji and his son, company CEO rishad premji, on Friday called on chief minister Siddaramaiah and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar and discussed assistance from the IT behemoth for higher education.

Wipro chairman Azim Premji’s son rishad premji has sold 27.4% of his holding in the company for a little over Rs 11 crore.

Wipro Enterprises, the non-IT business of Wipro Ltd that was hived off into a separate unlisted company, has finalized a five-member board comprising of Azim Premji as non-executive chairman, rishad premji, group CFO Suresh Senapaty, Wipro Infrastructure Engineering head Pratik Kumar and Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting business head Vineet Agrawal as other board members.

Wipro chairman rishad premji and Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra mourn the death of Ratan Tata, praising his contributions to India's global presence and philanthropy. They emphasize the significant impact of Tata's work on the economy and his role in institutionalizing charitable efforts.

rishad premji, chief strategy officer of Wipro’s IT business and the son of company chairman Azim Premji, has been elected to the Nasscom executive council, which is set to unveil a new eighteen-member team next week.

Azim Premji's elder son Rishad (34) was on Wednesday appointed the chief strategy officer of Wipro, joining the senior management ranks of the firm.

Despite chairman Azim Premji’s constant denials that his elder son Rishad is in line for the top job at the company and will eventually succeed him, rishad premji, 34, has been quietly and quickly climbing the corporate ladder.

rishad premji, son of IT czar Azim Premji, has been promoted to the post of vice president in the Bangalore-based IT major Wipro.

Software major Wipro's chairman rishad premji on Thursday said social media platforms have integrated the world like never before and should be allowed to practice "responsive self-governance" to tackle the menace of hate and misinformation.

Wipro chairman rishad premji said the technology services industry, at some level, is recession proof. He was speaking at the company’s 76th annual general meeting on Tuesday.“In good times, clients spend on new initiatives and business transformation and serving customers digitally.

Wipro's outgoing executive chairman Azim Premji saw his pay package rise almost 95 per cent to $262,054 (about Rs 1.81 crore) during fiscal 2019. His son, rishad premji, who is set to take over the reins of the Bengaluru-based software services company soon, took home a compensation of $987,652 (about Rs 6.8 crore) in 2018-19, Wipro said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

Wipro chairman rishad premji said his company does not tolerate any ‘integrity violation’. At the Nasscom Product Conclave in Bengaluru on Wednesday, Premji said the company has fired people in the past for this reason.

Azim Premji's older son lets his hair down for a night out in town

The IT industry is cracking down on moonlighting. Days after Wipro chairman rishad premji described moonlighting as 'cheating - plain and simple', Infosys has sent a stern email to employees noting that moonlighting is not permitted as per the employees' code of conduct and any violation will lead to disciplinary action that could include termination of employment.

Bengaluru-based IT major Wipro held its 77th annual general meeting on July 12. The shareholders meeting was held virtually. It was addressed by Wipro executive chairman rishad premji and chief executive officer Theirry Delaporte. Here are key things that Premji told shareholders

Wipro chairman rishad premji said the company has made significant changes in the operating model and leadership team and managed this with minimal disruption.

Wipro's Executive Chairman rishad premji's compensation more than doubled to USD 1.6 million in FY25, driven by an 18.9% rise in net profit. CEO Srinivas Pallia, who assumed the role in April 2024, earned USD 6.2 million, significantly less than his predecessor. Both Premji and Pallia are entitled to a commission based on incremental consolidated net profits.

Wipro's executive chairman, rishad premji, has emphasized the importance of work-life balance in the evolving landscape of hybrid work models. He has highlighted the shift from traditional time boundaries to individual definitions of balance.