About Infosys
Introduction
Infosys Limited is an Indian Information Technology company that provides global business consulting and information technology services. Infosys helps clients in 45 countries to create and execute different strategies for their digital transformation. Infosys helps businesses to renew & improve existing conditions so that their business can achieve higher efficiencies and stay relevant according to current times. Infosys has more than 200,000 employees and through their hard work & dedication, Infosys has grown to become a US $10.9 billion (revenues FY18) company with a market capitalization of US $39 billion.
Infosys History
Infosys Limited formerly known as Infosys Technologies Limited was established in the year 1981 by N. R. Narayana Murthy and a team of six other engineers in Pune, India with an initial capital investment of just US $250.
In the year 1993 Infosys went public and introduced employee stock options program.
In 1994, Infosys moved its corporate office from Pune to Bangalore, India.
In the year 1999, Infosys became the first Indian IT company to be listed in NASDAQ thus making it the costliest share on the market at that time in India. In the year 1999, Infosys was among the 20 biggest companies by market value on the NASDAQ.
In the year 1999 Infosys annual revenue touched US$100 million, US $1 billion in 2004 and US$10 billion in 2017.