Infosys was founded on 2 July 1981 by seven entrepreneurs: N. R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, Kris Gopalakrishnan, S. D.

Shibulal, K Dinesh, Ashok Arora, and with N. S. Raghavan officially being the first employee of the company. The founders started the company with an initial investment of INR 10,000. The company was incorporated as "Infosys Consultants Pvt Ltd." in Model Colony, Pune as the registered office

Infosys Headquarter in

1st IT Company in India to be listed in

NASDAQ ( INFY). 2nd largest IT company in India with 133,560 employees Infosys is ranked 28th globally in the list of IT services providing firms

Revenues / 5-year CAGR: Net Income / 5-year CAGR: Employees : Market capital*: Global Presence:

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$6.35 billion / 22% $1.56 billion / 21% 133,560 from 88 nationalities $ 37.2 billion 65 Sales Offices 63 Global Development Centers Operating in 33 countries Next Generation business model combining best of Consulting & Global Delivery India ,US,China,Australia, Canada and many more.
As on June 2011

* As of last day of the quarter based on closing NASDAQ price

Founded on 2 July 1981 in Pune by N. R. Narayana Murthy and six others. Infosys Consultants Pvt Ltd. in Model Colony, Pune. Initial Capital US$ 250 , INR 10,000 First Employee N.S.Raghavan. First Client - Data Basics Corporation, in New York

Born into a Kannada Madhva Brahmin family in Mysore, India on August 20, 1946. Graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the National Institute of Engineering, University of Mysore . Articulated, designed and implemented the Global Delivery Model . He serves on the boards of Unilever, HSBC, Ford Foundation and the UN Foundation. He serves on the boards of Cornell University, Wharton School, Singapore Management University, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, Indian Institute of Management Technology, Bangalore and INSEAD. Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India. 2008 Legion d'honneur by the Government of France. 2008 CBE by the British government. 2007 World Entrepreneur of the Year - 2003 by Ernst & Young. Holds over 26 honorary doctorates from universities across the world.

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1983 - Relocates corporate headquarters to Bangalore. 1987 - Opens first international office in Boston, US 1993 - Acquires ISO 9001/TickIT certification & Goes public - Introduces Employee Stock Options (ESOP) program 1994 - Moves corporate headquarters to Electronic City, Bangalore. Opens a development center at Fremont 1995 - Opens first European office in the UK and global development centers at Toronto and Mangalore. Sets up e-Business practice 1996 - The Infosys Foundation is established 1997 - Infosys is assessed at CMM Level 4 - Opens an office in Toronto, Canada 1998 - Starts Enterprise Solutions (packaged applications) practice

1999 - Listed on NASDAQ & 21st company CMM Level 5 certification. - Infosys Business Consulting Services is launched 2000 -Touches revenues of US$ 200 million - Re-launches Banks 2000, the universal banking solution from Infosys, as Finacle 2001 -Touches revenues of US$ 400 million -N. R. Narayana Murthy is rated among Time Magazine/CNN's 25 most influential businessmen in the world. -Infosys is rated as the Best Employer by Business World/Hewitt 2002 - Touches revenues of US$ 500 million - Infosys and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania set up The Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Awards (WIBTA) 2004 - Revenues reach US$ 1 billion & Infosys Consulting Inc. is launched 2005 - Records the largest international equity offering of US$ 1 billion from India &Selected to the Global MAKE Hall of fame

2005 - Records the largest international equity offering of US$ 1 billion from India &Selected to the Global MAKE Hall of fame 2006 - Infosys celebrates 25 years. Revenues cross US$ 2 billion. Employees grow to 50,000+ - N. R. Narayana Murthy retires from the services of the company on turning 60. The Board of Directors appoints him as an Additional Director. He continues as Chairman and Chief Mentor of Infosys 2007 -Infosys crosses revenues of US$ 3 billion. Employees grow to over 70,000+ -Kris Gopalakrishnan, COO, takes over as CEO & Nandan M. Nilekani is appointed Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors -Reports Q2 revenue of over US$ 1billion 2008 -Infosys crosses revenues of US$ $ 4.18 billion -Annual net profits cross US$ 1 billion 2009 -Infosys selected as a member of The Global Dow -Employee strength grows to over 100,000

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