 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (May 2024) |
Senapathy "Kris" Gopalakrishnan | |
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 Gopalakrishnan at the World Economic Forum on India in 2012 | |
| Born | Senapathy Gopalakrishnan 5 April 1955 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
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| Occupation(s) | Executive vice chairman, Infosys |
| Years active | 1981–2014 |
| Spouse | Sudha Gopalakrishnan |
| Children | 1 |
Senapathy “Kris” Gopalakrishnan is an Indian businessman and the chairman of Axilor Ventures, a startup accelerator.[1] He is one of the co-founders of Infosys, having served as its CEO and managing director from 2007 to 2011 and vice chairman from 2011 to 2014.[2]
Recognized as a global business and technology thought leader, he was voted the top CEO (IT Services category) in Institutional Investor's inaugural ranking of Asia's Top Executives and selected as one of the winners of the second Asian Corporate Director Recognition Awards by Corporate Governance Asia in 2011. He was elected president of India's apex industry chamber Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2013–14 and served as one of the co-chairs of the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2014.
In January 2011, the Government of India awarded Gopalakrishnan the Padma Bhushan, the country's third-highest civilian honour.
Kris serves on the board of governors of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, is the chairman of the Council of Indian Institute of Science, and is the chairman of the board of governors of International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore. He is the chairman of the Vision Group on Information Technology of Karnataka Government, the chairman of RBIH (Reserve Bank of India Innovation Hub), and the chairman of CII Centre of Excellence in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Startups (CIES).
Kris is the chairman of Itihaasa Research and Digital which publishes the history of the Indian IT industry as [3] microsite as well as reports on industrial and academic research in India.[4] He is the Co-author of Against All Odds – The IT Story of India.
Kris invests in promoting research on Brain sciences, ageing ageing-related disorders as well as investing in start-ups and start-up ecosystems. His family philanthropy is Pratiksha Trust and his investment arm is Pratithi.
Kris holds master’s degrees in physics and computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Kris is a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineers (INAE) and an Honorary Fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) of India.
As per Forbes list of India’s 100 richest tycoons, dated OCTOBER 09, 2024, Senapathy Gopalakrishnan is ranked 73rd with a net worth of $4.35 Billion.[5]
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