2. ABOUT
Infosys Limited is an Indian multinational information technology company that
provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services.
The company is headquartered in Bangalore.
Infosys is the second-largest Indian IT company after Tata Consultancy
Services by 2020 revenue figures and the 602nd largest public company in the
world according to Forbes Global 2000 ranking.
On 31 December 2020, its market capitalization was $71.92 billion. The credit
rating of the company is A
3. CEO
Salil Parekh
Salil Parekh is the current chief executive officer and managing director of Infosys.
Parekh took over from interim CEO U B Pravin Rao on 2 January 2018.
He was born on 5 june 1964.
4. HISTORY
Infosys was founded by seven engineers in Pune, Maharashtra, India with an
initial capital of $250 in 1981. It was registered as Infosys Consultants Private
Limited on 2 July 1981.
In 1983, it relocated its office to Bangalore, Karnataka, India.The company
changed its name to Infosys Technologies Private Limited in April 1992 and
to Infosys Technologies Limited when it became a public limited company in
June 1992. It was later renamed to Infosys Limited in June 2011.
5. Its shares were listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange in 1999 as American depositary receipts.
The share price surged to ₹8,100 by 1999 making it the costliest share on the market at the
time.
At that time, Infosys was among the 20 biggest companies by market capitalization on the
NASDAQ.
In 2012, Infosys announced a new office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to serve Harley-Davidson,
being the 18th international office in the United States.
Infosys hired 1,200 United States employees in 2011, and expanded the workforce by an
additional 2,000 employees in 2012.
In August 2015, the Finacle Global Banking Solutions assets were officially transferred from
Infosys and became part of the product company EdgeVerve Systems product portfolio.
6. NEWS
13 Jun 2021, 10:15AM IST
In the ranking of top-10 firms, Reliance Industries was leading the chart followed
by TCS, HDFC Bank, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever Limited, HDFC, ICICI Bank, State
Bank of India, Bajaj Finance and Kotak Mahindra Bank.
09 Jun,2021, 02:58PM IST
Infosys Honored with Stevie? Awards at the 2021 American Business Awards
7. 09 Jun 2021, 11:48AM IST
Infosys Ltd., incorporated in the year 1981, is a Large Cap company (having a
market cap of Rs 603842.16 Crore) operating in IT Software sector
09 Jun,2021, 09:28AM IST
This is to inform that the Company has allotted 1,37,824 equity shares on June 07,
2021, pursuant to the exercise of Restricted Stock Units by eligible employees