Who is the founder of IT giant Infosys?

Concept

A company's founder is the person who establishes and gives the enterprise its initial form and leadership — distinct from a later-appointed CEO or chairman who only manages an already-existing firm. For Infosys, the standard general-knowledge answer is the principal founder who led its establishment in 1981.

Application

Infosys was founded in 1981 (in Pune, later headquartered in Bengaluru) by N. R. Narayana Murthy, who led the founding group and served as its first chief executive and long-time chairman. He is consistently identified as the founder of Infosys, including on Infosys' own management profile.

Contrast

• Nandan Nilekani — one of the co-founders who joined the 1981 group and later returned as chairman, but not the principal figure the singular GK wording “founder” points to.

• Vishal Sikka — a professionally hired chief executive of Infosys (2014–2017), an employee of the already-established company, not its founder.

• Azim Premji — the long-time chairman who built Wipro, a different IT company; he has no founding role at Infosys.

Hence the founder of Infosys is Narayana Murthy.