Phaneesh Murthy is one of the most respected business leaders in the Global Technology and Business Services industry. As the pioneer of numerous business disruptions and competitive differentiators over his 30+ year career, Murthy has been a catalyst of organizational growth for some of the world’s most successful businesses, including major multinational tech firms Infosys, iGATE, and CSS Corp. He is currently the CEO of Primentor, Inc., a consulting agency he founded in 2013. He serves on the Advisory Board to the private equity fund Partners Group, and he is an operating partner with New State Capital Partners LLC.
Murthy began his career in the tech sector in India in 1987 and achieved his first major success as Global Head of Sales for the tech firm Infosys just a few years later. Over the course of a decade with the company, he is credited with initiating a period of rapid growth, increasing the company’s revenues from $2M to $700M and growing its enterprise value by 2000x to $13.5 billion.
In 2002, Phaneesh Murthy took the position of CEO of the struggling tech company iGATE. At the time, the firm was operating at a near loss. Murthy engineered a game-changing business disruption in the form of the iTOPS (Integrated Technology and Operations) model. Within a decade, he turned iGATE into a $1.2 billion revenue business and a global leader in the tech space.
Murthy left iGATE in 2013 to found Primentor, Inc., a consulting agency that provides expertise in the areas of IT, business strategies, and restructuring. As CEO, Murthy has worked with senior executives of major organizations in the tech, finance, and insurance sectors (among others), helping them dismantle stagnant structures and discover innovative ways of creating shareholder value.
Phaneesh Murthy has been a leader in philanthropic conservation in his home country of India for over 25 years. He has helped preserve and grow Tiger populations by protecting forested areas and funding anti-poaching initiatives.
Phaneesh earned a BS from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
