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Padma Awards 2021: Zoho Founder Sridhar Vembu conferred Padma Shri
According to Forbes, he is the 59th richest Indian in the world with a net worth of USD 2.5 billion as of 2020. (Image: Twitter/svembu)
Updated: Jan 26, 2021, 08:46 AM IST
Sridhar Vembu, founder and CEO of software development firm Zoho Corporation has been awarded India s fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, by the Indian Union government on Monday. According to Forbes, he is the 59th richest Indian in the world with a net worth of USD 2.5 billion as of 2020.
Vembu, along with his two brothers founded a software development house for network equipment providers in 1996 called AdventNet, which was renamed Zoho Corporation in 2009, focusing on providing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) support to customer relationship management services.
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From an unknown name to a name that counts today. Thus reads the success story of an octogenarian Ludhiana businesswoman, Rajni Bector, who rose from her backyard business with a paltry investment of Rs 300 to successfully raising a whooping Rs 541 crore from the market, and become an undisputed business tycoon.
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Govt confers Padma Shri award on Zoho Founder Sridhar Vembu
Sridhar Vembu is regarded as a pioneer in the SaaS industry in India. The founder of SaaS unicorn Zoho has been awarded the Padma Shri award in the trade and industry category.
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Zoho Founder Sridhar Vembu has been awarded India s fourth-highest civilian honour Padma Shri, ahead of the Republic Day.
Conferred in the
category of trade and industry, Sridhar Vembu
has got the distinction of creating a unicorn without the aid of external funding. The Chennai-based startup was founded in 1996.
Sridhar Vembu, Founder, Zoho Corp
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