'I Was Wrong,' Narayana Murthy Recalls Why He Did Not Let Wife Sudha Join Infosys

More than 42 years after co-founding Infosys, Narayana Murthy has made a big revelation about a decision that he regrets regarding his wife Sudha.

Narayana Murthy Did Not Wife Sudha Join Infosys

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Infosys co-founder?Narayana Murthy?has recalled why he?never let his wife?Sudha Murty join the company. He expressed regret over his decision to not let his wife, Sudha Murty, join Infosys.

“I was wrong. Now I don’t believe in this. I think what I was doing those days was wrong. I was wrongly idealistic, and in some ways, I think, I was influenced a lot by the environment of those days,” Murthy told CNBC-TV18 in an interview, as per various media reports.

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Sudha Murty Had Given Rs 10,000 To Start Infosys

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Back in 1981, it was?Sudha Murty?who gave her husband Rs 10,000?as the seed capital to set up Infosys. The money came from her personal emergency fund.?When she asked to formally join?Infosys,?Narayana Murthy?turned her down, saying family members should not join the company.

“I had this feeling that good corporate governance?means not bringing family into it?because those days it was only family where all kinds of children used to come and run the company. There used to be violations of all laws,” Murthy, 77, said.

Admitting that his wife was more qualified than all the other founders of Infosys, Murthy said a discussion with a couple of professors of philosophy from two top universities in the world brought him to the realisation that he was wrong about not letting her join the company.

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What Narayana Murthy Said About His Son Not Joining Infosys

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Asked if their son Rohan Murty would ever join Infosys, Murthy’s answer was a no.?“He is even stricter that I am in these ideas. He will never that. Never,” Narayana Murthy said.

“First of all, I am just a shareholder in Infosys. I have not been consulted on any issue in Infosys since August 2017. It’s the right thing. He’s (Rohan) doing the way we all did. So, apart from being the largest shareholder family of Infosys, we have nothing else to do with Infosys."

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