We started HCL with six friends and the equivalent of fifteen hundred dollars. The only asset we had was belief.

Technology is the greatest equalizer. A child in a village with a laptop can learn the same things as a child in Manhattan.

India does not need more software companies. India needs better education. The companies will follow.

In 1978, we built one of India's first computers. Apple was building theirs at the same time in a California garage. Dreams do not have geography.

Giving away wealth is not sacrifice. It is the most productive investment you can make in the future.