Infosys
Indian multinational technology company
Infosys Limited is an Indian multinational technology company that offers information technology, business consulting, and outsourcing services. Founded in 1981 by seven engineers, the company is headquartered in Bengaluru and considered one of the Big Six Indian IT companies.
History
Infosys was founded by N. R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, Kris Gopalakrishnan, S. D. Shibulal, K. Dinesh, N. S. Raghavan, and Ashok Arora, with an initial capital of $250. It was incorporated as Infosys Consultants Private Limited in Pune on 2 July 1981, before relocating to Bangalore in 1983. Arora left the company in 1989 and sold his shares to the other co-founders.
In the 1980s, Infosys briefly made hardware products like electronic telex machines and keyboard concentrators. Its core business of offshore custom software development witnessed growth after the 1991 economic liberalisation of India.
In February 1993, Infosys launched its initial public offering (IPO) with an offer price of ₹95 per share. The IPO was initially undersubscribed which led American investment bank Morgan Stanley to price stabilize the IPO by acquiring a 13% equity stake in INFY. The share price eventually opened at ₹145 per share in June 1993.
Infosys released its banking automation software package Bancs2000 in 1995, middleware architecture product Entark in 1995, and Y2K problem toolset "In2000" a year later.
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