New Delhi
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Mohamed Hasham Premji founded ‘Western India Palm Refined Oil Limited’ in 1945, which was later abbreviated to Wipro Ltd. The company’s predecessor manufactured vegetable and refined oils in Maharashtra, British India before launching an initial public offering in 1946. Azim Premji took over the business 20 years after the death of his father.
The company changed its name to Wipro Products Ltd. in 1977. Wipro made its first IT venture in 1981 and finally renamed itself Wipro Ltd. in 1982. The group went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2000. A year later, Wipro won major recognition as the first Indian IT company with ISO 14001 certification.
The company topped the Asian Sustainability Rating of Indian companies for 2010 and joined two indices: the NASDAQ Global Sustainability Index and the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Today, the business has expanded into a multinational IT and services provider with annual revenue of INR 585.8 billion in 2019.
> 100,000 employees
Technology
Wipro is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) services company.