Dinesh built Rs.5,55,000 crore company by quitting Government job and started business

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Even today, except business families, everyone says that it is better to get a government job and settle down. But a person left his government job and started a business and now he has successfully built a company worth 5,55,000 crores.

4 decades ago when a young science graduate decided to quit his government job and start a new business, his co-founders also said no. That's tech entrepreneur Narayana Murthy's company co-founder and science alumnus Infosys co-founder and billionaire K Dinesh.

Dinesh completed his Master in Science from Bangalore University. He secured a respectable job in a new government-run power plant in Bangalore city. But a newspaper advertisement prompted him to resign and travel to Mumbai and face the ordeal as co-founder of Narayanamurthy.

Narayanamurthy had called Dinesh that same evening, impatient to know whether he had passed the exam. But Murthy was also curious as to why Dinesh was taking a risk and leaving the comfort of his public sector job. But his reply was, Sir, I want to learn new technology, I want to learn UI/UX.

Who is Dinesh K

Dinesh held the positions of Head of Quality, Information System and Communication Design Group and President of Infosys Technologies Australia at Infosys. He was an expert in programming, project management and managing software delivery. He was instrumental in helping the IT giant achieve world-class standards in software quality processes. He was the go-to man for any complex process at Infosys.

Dinesh stepped down from the Infosys board in 2011. He along with his wife is involved in philanthropic initiatives promoting education, health, agriculture and animal welfare through their Asyra Hasta Trust. He has assisted the Cancer Center at Narayana Health Hospital. Now he has built a clinic in the place of his ancestors in Mysore city. Dinesh also holds a doctorate in literature. They have two daughters, Deeksha, who works in a corporate counseling firm, and Divya, an entrepreneur who owns the brand VedaArth. Dinesh derives most of his wealth from shares in Infosys, which has a market cap of Rs 5,50,000 crore. The 69-year-old's net worth is Rs 18,000 crore ($2.2 billion).