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On December 29th, 1945, Muhamed Husein Hasham Premji, registered Western India Vegetable Products Limited after buying an oil mill in Amalner, Maharashtra. His son, Azim Premji would go on to build a diversified conglomerate worth billions, and give most of it away 🧵
Few would have imagined that a company that made vegetable and refined oils would go on to become a conglomerate that today houses a listed software giant, Wipro and an unlisted Wipro Enterprises- which has its consumer care, infrastructure engineering and medical equipment biz
21-year old Azim Premji returned to India in 1966 after his father's sudden demise, to take charge .Premji diversified the company to hydraulics, soaps and lighting. He spotted the IT opportunity in the late 70s and 80s, and forayed into making computers after IBM exited India.
