Pakistan’s Hub for Icons and Industry Leaders Profiles that Inspire, Companies that Lead Celebrating Big Names and Bold Visions
Pakistan’s Hub for Icons and Industry Leaders Profiles that Inspire, Companies that Lead Celebrating Big Names and Bold Visions

PROFILE

Name:

Salim Ghauri (Founder & CEO)

Company:

NetSol Technologies

About us:

Salim Ghauri is the Founder & CEO of NetSol Technologies, also referred to as “Bill Gates of Pakistan”. He is one of the best-known figures from the Pakistan IT Industry due to his remarkable achievements as an IT entrepreneur

Bio

Salim Ghauri, Founder & CEO of NetSol Technologies, is one of the best-known figures from the Pakistani IT industry. In light of his incredible achievements in the IT sector, he has been referred to as the “Bill Gates of Pakistan”. He founded NetSol in 1996 and progressed rapidly to become the leading software company in Pakistan. In fact, it is the only CMMI Level 5 organization in the country today. Apart from NetSol, Salim Ghauri is the President of the TiE Lahore Chapter and President of the American Business Forum as well. He has also served as the First Chairperson of the Corporate Advisory Council (CAC) of NUST Institute of Information Technology. It all started from an office with two rooms and a small team, NetSol Technologies Limited has now grown to a large-scale organization employing over 1300 resources with a truly global footprint. Salim played a significant role in the success of NetSol in order to be recognized as a leading supplier of IT software and solutions for finance and leasing.

CURRENTLY DOING

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS


The author of the Book ‘Everything is Possible’ captures his business journey


Serves as the Honorary Consul of Australia for Punjab.


Set up “NSPIRE”- a state-of-the-art business incubator and platform.


2013

Lifetime Achievement Award in the IT industry from the Governor of Punjab.


2015

Selected as part of FICAC by the World Federation of Consuls Who’s Who (Third Edition)


2022

Rated as Top CEO of Pakistan by PakWired’s ranking of CEO.