About the Author

VINEET NAYAR is chief executive officer of HCL Technologies, Ltd. (HCLT), one of India’s fastest-growing global information technology services company.

Vineet joined HCL in 1985 after earning his MBA from XLRI. In 1993, he created the start-up company Comnet, where he developed and put into practice many of the ideas that are described in this book.

In 2005, he became president and then, in 2007, the CEO of HCL Technologies, where over the next five years, he led a remarkable turnaround. HCLT has become one of the Indian IT stars, recognized around the world for its business performance and its innovative and transformative management practices.

In 2009, HCLT was named the Number One Best Employer in India and one of the top twenty-five Best Employers in Asia by Hewitt Associates, and BusinessWeek listed HCLT as one of the five emerging companies in the world to watch.