Thursday, March 29, 2012

Infosys co-founder Narain Murthy named in the Fortune’s List of 12 Greatest Entrepreneurs


Infosys co-founder Narain Murthy got his name figured in the list of 12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time. The list published by the magazine on 28 March 2012 was prepared considering the economic and social impact and world changing vision of entrepreneures.
Other famous personalities who got their name included in the list are Steve Jobs of Apple, who also topped the list. Microsoft’s Bill Gates was second on the list followed by Fred Smith of FedEx.
The list comprised of ten entrepreneurs from America, one from India and one from Bangladesh.
The Fortune places the 12 individuals in the following order:
1) Steve Jobs of Apple, 2) Bill Gates of Microsoft, 3) Fred Smith of FedEx, 4) Jeff Bezos of Amazon, 5) Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, 6) Howard Schultz of Starbucks, 7) Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, 8) John Mackey of Whole Foods, 9) Herb Kelleher of SouthWest Airlines, 10) Narayana Murthy of Infosys, 11) Sam Walton of Wal-mart Stores, 12) Muhammad Yunus of Grameen Bank.