Wipro Limited
Leadership History
4 leaders · 2016 to present
Srini Pallia is the CEO of Wipro, in the role since 2024. The first chief executive was Abidali Neemuchwala, from 2016.
| Name | Role | From | To | Years in role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Srini Pallia | Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director | 2024 | Present | 2 |
| Thierry Delaporte | CEO and Managing Director | 2020 | 2024 | 4 |
| Rishad Premji | Executive Chairman | 2019 | Present | 7 |
| Abidali Neemuchwala | Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director | 2016 | 2020 | 4 |
Wipro is one of India's largest IT services companies. It reported about $10.48 billion of IT services revenue in FY2026. Srini Pallia has been CEO since April 2024, and the Premji family remains the controlling shareholder. The company is headquartered in Bangalore, India.
Wipro earns most of its revenue from its IT services segment: multi-year contracts to build, run, and modernize enterprise software and infrastructure, plus consulting, cloud migration, cybersecurity, engineering services, and business process work. Contracts are priced as time-and-materials, fixed-price, or managed-service deals. Sales are organized into four strategic market units (Americas 1, Americas 2, Europe, and APMEA), and banking, financial services, and insurance is its largest industry vertical. Delivery relies on large engineering teams in India working with onshore and nearshore staff. Acquisitions such as Capco (financial services consulting) and Rizing (SAP consulting) were meant to add higher-value advisory work on top of that delivery base.
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
2024 – Present
2 years (current)
Pallia joined Wipro in 1992 and held roles including head of the consumer business unit and CEO of Americas 1 before becoming CEO in April 2024.
Leads Wipro's push for large deals, consulting-led selling, and AI-enabled delivery.
CEO and Managing Director
2020 – 2024
4 years
Delaporte led the massive $1.45 billion acquisition of Capco to aggressively expand Wipro's consulting presence in the financial services sector.
He decentralized Wipro's operating model into four massive strategic market units, though he struggled to match the organic growth rates of rivals like TCS and Infosys before stepping down.
Executive Chairman
2019 – Present
7 years (current)
Premji navigated Wipro through severe post-pandemic macroeconomic turbulence, frequently restructuring the C-suite to streamline operations.
As Executive Chairman, he enforced a strict return-to-office mandate and publicly cracked down on employee moonlighting, prioritizing utilization rates over aggressive headcount growth.
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
2016 – 2020
4 years
Neemuchwala became chief executive of Wipro in February 2016 after joining from Tata Consultancy Services the year before.
He led the Appirio purchase and a push into digital services. He stepped down in 2020 and Thierry Delaporte succeeded him.
Wipro's revenue in dollar terms has been roughly flat for several years while TCS, Infosys, and HCLTech grew faster. AI coding and automation tools threaten the headcount-based pricing that the industry has relied on, clients are pushing for productivity discounts on renewals, and discretionary consulting spending remains uneven.
Srini Pallia is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Wipro Limited, appointed to the post on April 6, 2024.
Pallia is a 32-year Wipro insider who joined in 1992, rising through executive ranks to lead Wipro's Consumer Business unit, Business Application Services, and serving as CEO of Wipro's Americas 1 strategic market unit.
Thierry Delaporte (former COO of Capgemini) led Wipro from July 2020 to April 2024, executing the landmark $1.45 billion Capco acquisition, simplifying the organizational structure, and boosting global brand visibility.
Delaporte stepped down following a period of senior leadership departures and lagging revenue growth compared to Indian peers, enabling the board to appoint longtime company veteran Srini Pallia to re-energize execution.
Azim Premji led Wipro for over 53 years (1966 to 2019), transforming a modest cooking oil mill in rural Maharashtra into an $8 billion global technology behemoth with unmatched ethical standards.
Rishad Premji, son of Azim Premji and Harvard Business School graduate, serves as Executive Chairman of Wipro Limited, guiding long-term strategy, corporate governance, and community investments.
Abidali Neemuchwala served as CEO and Managing Director from 2016 to 2020, focusing on digital services expansion and leading the strategic $500 million acquisition of cloud consultancy Appirio.
Pallia is focused on restoring revenue growth momentum, winning mega-deals, accelerating execution rigor, strengthening client relationships, and accelerating AI-powered services delivery.
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