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Business 25 min

The Wage Gap That Became an Industry

Seven engineers, a $250 loan, and the salary gap that built a $300 billion industry.

Narayana Murthy and six colleagues built Infosys on a simple arbitrage: Indian engineers at a fraction of American rates. A generation of companies followed, all quietly betting the gap would never close. It is closing now, and the question is what an industry employing millions becomes when its founding advantage disappears.

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