Infosys
Bengaluru-based IT services and consulting company founded in 1981 and listed on the BSE, NSE and NYSE. It reported 328,594 employees in March 2026 and FY2026 revenue of about Rs 178,650 crore.
Industry: IT services and consulting | Location: Bengaluru, India | Founded: 1981
About Infosys
Infosys Limited is an Indian information technology services and consulting company headquartered in Bengaluru. Its shares are listed on the BSE and NSE in India and, as American depositary receipts, on the New York Stock Exchange (INFY). It reported 328,594 employees at the end of March 2026.
Infosys was founded on 2 July 1981 in Pune as Infosys Consultants Private Limited and moved to Bangalore in 1983. Wikipedia lists the founders as N. R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, Kris Gopalakrishnan, S. D. Shibulal, K. Dinesh, N. S. Raghavan and Ashok Arora. Vishal Sikka was chief executive from 2014 to 2017 and the first who was not a founder. Nilekani became non-executive chairman in August 2017, and Salil Parekh has been chief executive and managing director since 2 January 2018.
The products Wikipedia names include Finacle, digital banking software, Topaz, a generative AI offering, and Cobalt, a cloud offering. Wikipedia lists Infosys acquisitions including Lodestone in Switzerland in 2012 for $345 million, Panaya in Israel in 2015 for $200 million, Simplus in 2020 for $250 million and in-tech in Germany in April 2024 for 450 million euros. In April 2025 it bought MRE Consulting in the United States for $36 million and The Missing Link in Australia for 98 million Australian dollars.
Kotak Neo reported that Infosys had revenue of 178,650 crore rupees in the year ended 31 March 2026, up 9.6 percent, and net profit of 29,440 crore rupees, up 10 percent. Business Today reported on 23 April 2026 that fourth-quarter net profit was 8,501 crore rupees on revenue of 46,402 crore, that full-year revenue grew 3.1 percent in constant currency, and that large deal wins totalled $14.9 billion. For fiscal 2027 Infosys guided to constant-currency revenue growth of 1.5 to 3.5 percent and an operating margin of 20 to 22 percent.
IANS reported headcount fell by 8,440 in the March 2026 quarter. TechScoop's 26 June 2026 article on Hang Ten names Infosys among traditional IT services firms whose revenue grows roughly in step with headcount.
Leadership
- Salil Parekh, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director