I'm not used to delays: Narayana Murthy at Amazon event -BB
The two-day summit began nearly an hour-and-a-half late and this was enough for Murthy to cut short his 20-minute talk to just a little over 5 minutes.
„We are delayed by more than an hour and a half. I should have finished my talk by 11.45 a.m. But it is 11.53 a.m. Therefore, I will try and paraphrase my talk.“
„I was supposed to speak for 20 minutes, but will now try and finish it in five minutes because I am not used to delays,“ Murthy, who always moves by the clock, told a packed house at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here.
At the end of his talk, the Infosys co-founder promptly left the stage, only to be called again as Bezos personally came on stage to hand over a token of appreciation to Murthy.
In order to comply with stringent e-commerce regulations, Amazon.com has sold much of its stake in its desi partner Cloudtail, a joint venture between the Bezos behemoth and Murthy’s Catamaran Ventures.
Amazon sold 25 per cent of its shares to Prione Business Services Pvt, a company run by Catamaran.
Catamaran is now being headed by ex-Infosys CFO Ranganath Mavinakere, Murthy’s all-time favourite.
Over 100 global leaders and industry experts, more than 3,000 SMBs, start-ups and entrepreneurs and over 70 business and tech partners are participating in the summit.