Meet the Infosys co-founder who is richer than Sudha and Narayana Murthy

Narayana Murthy’s considerable fortune is surpassed by another Infosys co-founder, Senapathy Gopalakrishnan, who is worth an estimated ₹38,500 crore.

Updated on: Sep 10, 2024, 14:04:44 IST

By Sanya Jain

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Narayana and Sudha Murty secured the fifth spot on the list of Bengaluru's wealthiest families. According to the recently-released Hurun India Rich List 2024, Infosys founder Narayana Murthy has a net worth of ₹36,600 crores, making him the fifth-richest person in Bengaluru and 69th richest in India.

Co-founder of Infosys and the Chairman of IIIT-Bangalore Kris Gopalakrishnan. (ANI Photo)

However, Narayana Murthy’s considerable fortune is surpassed by another Infosys co-founder, Senapathy Gopalakrishnan, who is worth an estimated ₹38,500 crore.

Who is S Gopalakrishnan?

Senapathy “Kris” Gopalakrishnan is one of the co-founders of Infosys. He served as the CEO and Managing Director of the IT giant from 2007 to 2011.

He served as the Vice Chairman of Infosys from 2011 to 2014.

Gopalakrishnan, 69, currently serves as the Chairman of Axilor Ventures, a startup accelerator that has invested in companies like GoodHome, Kaagaz and EnKash.

Kris Gopalakrishnan holds master’s degrees in physics and computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.

In 2011, he was conferred with a Padma Bhushan, the country’s third highest civilian award.

He is married to Sudha Gopalakrishnan. The couple founded the Pratiksha Trust, a charity organisation that focuses on brain research.

According to the Infosys website, Gopalakrishnan serves on the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He is the Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIIT, Bangalore, and is also on the Board of Trustees of the Chennai Mathematical Institute.

The Infosys story

Infosys was founded by seven engineers from a one-bedroom apartment in 1981. The company later moved to Bengaluru from Pune.

The seven Infosys co-founders are Naryana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, Kris Gopalakrishnan, SD Shibulal, K Dinesh, and N S Raghavan.

What started as a dream with an initial capital of around $250 is today one of the world’s largest IT services company with a market capitalisation of around $80 billion.

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Sanya Jain
Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.Read More

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