Meet Indian IT Scion Rohan Murty, son of Infosys founder, Narayana MurthyÂ
Meet Indian IT Scion Rohan Murty, son of Infosys founder, Narayana MurthyÂ
From his early programming drive to founding and scaling his start-up -Soroco, Rohan’s story is a testament to the idea that one’s lineage does not define destiny. Instead of resting on the laurels of his family’s success, he exemplified the essence of hustle and innovation.
Rohan Murty, son of Narayana Murthy, founder of India’s largest IT company Infosys, and Sudha Murty, a best-selling author, philanthropist, and a pioneering female engineer at Tata Motors. His sister is Akshata Murty, the spouse of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Rohan’s story inspires you to transcend the shadows of familial expectations and venture into the realm of endless possibilities.
In successful family businesses mostly people join the family business. However, there are individuals who choose to chart their own course, crafting an identity independent of familial legacies.
While many might have anticipated Rohan following in his father’s footsteps, he embarked on a distinctive journey to carve his own identity through sheer determination and relentless hustle.
Born into a family with a thriving business empire, Rohan Murty could have seamlessly stepped into the well-established framework laid by his father. However, driven by a fervor for individual accomplishment, he chose a different path. Rather than relying on the laurels of the family name, Rohan sought to create a legacy uniquely his own.
Rohan’s journey wasn’t without its share of challenges. The weight of expectations that accompanies a prominent family name could have been overwhelming, but Rohan embraced the pressure as fuel for his ambitions. He ventured into uncharted territories, exploring industries beyond the realm of his family’s business, determined to prove his mettle on his terms.
Rohan laid the foundation for his journey with a solid academic grounding. Murty, who uses his mother’s spelling of their surname (without an H), didn’t set out to be an entrepreneur. He thought he would get into teaching like his uncle, a professor of astronomy at Caltech in the U.S. Murty got a bachelor’s degree in computer science at New York’s Cornell University, taking graduate-level courses. He juggled his studies with part-time jobs—as a programmer, math grader, teaching assistant, and dining hall worker—to earn extra money for books and to fund trips to tech conferences. Then came a Ph.D. in computer science from Harvard in 2011, a year as a postdoc at MIT, and three years as a junior fellow at Harvard’s Society of Fellows. He returned briefly to Bangalore to work as an executive assistant to his dad at Infosys before moving to Boston to launch his own company with friends Nychis, now Soroco’s vice president of architecture, and Narayan, who’s the chief product officer.
With ambitious plans that are underway to scale, Soroco comes off an explosive year of growth, in hopes of tapping an estimated $15 billion market that encompasses 500 million white-collar workers worldwide.
Soroco works with global corporations to streamline office tasks, using techniques similar to Toyota Motor Corp’s pioneering efforts decades ago to eliminate waste in manufacturing. Customers include drugmaker Bayer AG, engineering giant Robert Bosch GmbH, candy and pet food maker Mars Inc. as well as some Wall Street banks and global online retailers.
With the virtue of being Narayana Murthy’s son, Rohan received a massive share of Infosys, a company valued at Rs 5.55 trillion (Rs 5.55 lakh crore). As per Business Today, Rohan Murty, who held 6,08,12,892 shares, or 1.67 percent of Infosys, got Rs 106.42 crore in dividend income.
