AZIM PREMJI

If there is one thing I have learned, it is that the return on investment in improving lives is the highest return you can earn.

I took over a cooking oil company at 21 and turned it into an IT company. People called me mad.

Wealth is a trust to be deployed for social good, not a personal scoreboard.

I still fly economy class. Saving money is not about poverty — it's about discipline.

Build one thing well over decades. The world rewards consistency, not novelty.

Education is the most powerful lever for changing a nation. Everything else follows from it.