Nandan Nilekani donated over Rs 1890000000 last year. He and his wife Rohini have decided to donate half of their wealth to the Giving Pledge, which is a movement organized by Bill Gates.
Nandan Nilekani is a well known name in the Indian IT sector. He is Narayana Murthy’s business partner who helped him to found one of India’s most valuable tech companies Infosys that currently has a market cap of Rs 704000 crore. Apart from his genius mind and business skills, Nandan Nilekani is also known for his philanthropy just like his wife. For those who are unaware, Nandan Nilekani’s wife Rohini Nilekani is the most charitable woman in India as per EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2023. In 2022, she donated around Rs 1200000000 and her annual donations increased to Rs 1700000000 in 2023. As per the same EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2023, Nandan Nilekani donated over Rs 1890000000 last year. He and his wife Rohini have decided to donate half of their wealth to the Giving Pledge, which is a movement organized by Bill Gates.
Nilekani is also a serial investor with stake in 12 start-ups including ShopX, Juggernaut, Mubble Networks, Fortigo, P2SME, RailYatri, Tracxn, and others. Born in Bangalore, Nilekani’s journey to become the one of the most successful IIT Bombay alumni began in 1978 at Patni Computer Systems in Mumbai. At the IT firm, Nandan Nilekani met and was interviewed by Narayana Murthy. After working at the firm for about 3 years, Nilekani along with Murthy and five others left Patni and never looked back. That was the beginning of Infosys.
Nilekani held various posts at Infosys including managing director, president, and chief operating officer before he was named the CEO of Infosys in March 2002. He led the company till April 2007. During his tenure as Infosys CEO, the company’s topline grew sixfold to $3 billion and he also received Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in India.
In 2009, Nilekani was invited by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to serve as the chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India. After some time in the cabinet, Nandan Nilekani introduced the Aadhar card to the world. Currently more than 1 billion citizens of India are relying on Nilekani’s creation as their primary identification certificate.
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