TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2005 12:11:52 AM]
WASHINGTON: Barron's, the Dow Jones business and financial weekly, has named Vivek Paul, vice chairman, Wipro, as one of the 30 of The World's Most Respected CEOs.
In the list, Barron's has identified 30 top-flight corporate leaders from across the world. Barron's noted, "The 30 CEOs on our list have one thing in common: They make a big difference to shareholders."
In the honouree list for 2005, Paul joins the elite com-pany of global business leaders like Steven Reinemund, CEO, PepsiCo and Terry Semel, CEO Yahoo!.
Barron's acknowledged Paul's contribution in transforming Wipro Technologies from a $150 million soft-ware developer into a $1 billion force in offshore outsourcing, handling IT and customer service for companies.
It says that because of Vivek Paul, Wipro could pose the greatest long term threat to the world's IT providers. Earlier, Vivek Paul was selected as one of TIME/CNN 25 Global Business Influentials for 2004 and rated by Businessweek as one of the Best Managers globally for 2003.
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