Emotional connect with Infosys will never go away: Ex-CEO
Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder and former Infosys CEO, said even though he is no longer professionally engaged with the company, the emotional connect will never go away. "Infosys' best interest will always be in my mind," he said. "You cannot emotionally walk away from something...you have built over your lifetime, or most of your lifetime...33 or 35 years," he added.
Hyderabad, May 6 (PTI) Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder and former CEO of Infosys, has said that even though he is no more professionally engaged with the company, the emotional connect will never go away. The IT veterans comments assume significance at a time when there is an ongoing spat between the Infosys management and founders over a range of issues, including corporate governance and salary hikes given to the top management. Addressing the students of the Indian School of Business here yesterday, Gopalakrishnan said, "The emotional connect will never go away (with Infosys). But you are not professionally involved. You are personally not involved in business. Infosys best interest will always be in my mind whether I am able to help or not." On his thoughts about founders departure from the IT bellwether, he said, "You cannot emotionally walk away from something that you have built over your lifetime, or most of your lifetime...33 or 35 years. But you also prepare yourselves for a second innings and get involved in something else". 