Sudha Murty on Narayana Murthy, other entrepreneurs: ‘They expect wives to be secretary, finance manager, nanny. . .’

Sudha Murty was speaking at the Moneycontrol Startup Conclave 2023 being held in Bengaluru.

At the conclave Infosys founder Narayan Murthy and his son Rohan Murthy talked about the start-up ecosystem in India. According to the video shared by the media outlet, Narayan Murthy had praised his wife, for being his lifelong support. 

Post this Sudha Murty took the stage to share a short piece on women who stand by their partners as strong support, while the latter chase their dreams. 

Sudha Murthy started by saying, “I just want to tell all young entrepreneurs that it is very difficult to deal with a more successful man. They are not normal, they are eccentric, they don’t have logic at home – only in the office”. 

To this everyone in the audience had a smile. 

“They expect you to be their wife, secretary, finance manager, nanny, adviser and many more roles. A woman has to do all those. And any one of them you fail that affects them bad.” Sudha Murty continued. 

“They expect you to be their wife, secretary, finance manager, nanny, adviser and many more roles. A woman has to do all those. And any one of them you fail that affects them bad.” she added. 

Sudha Murty during the conclave talked about the struggles of the olden days and now. She said, “In olden days, there used to tapas. Rishis would do tapas and go to forests for how many years I do not know what they meditate and get. A person gives all his life, his younger days, his tension, aspirations, everything to one tapas that is their company”

In her speech, Murty explained, “And a woman has to be stronger than a man. He (Murthy) may be very strong in his company but I am double of that. Every entrepreneur’s wife, I feel, she is more gifted, more hard working than their husband, a better manager, an excellent CEO and a great companion. And they believe their husband’s words. Most of them are impractical but accepting. All these women, who have made wonderful things for their husband – the honour should go to them”

Murty, who is also known for her sense of humour, ended her speech to roaring applause at the conclave. 

According to Moneycontrol, Narayan Murthy had earlier said, “The only person I was very friendly with was her, she was the only person with whom I confided with and she was an unbelievable support. I was very lucky to have that support.” Narayan Murthy had resigned from his job in 1976 to pursue his entrepreneurial dreams. 

Updated: 07 Jul 2023, 10:45 PM IST