Editing Cognizant (section)

{{Short description|American information technology company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
| logo = Cognizant_logo_2022.svg
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{NASDAQ|CTSH}} (Class A)|[[Nasdaq-100]] component|[[S&P 500]] component}}
| ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|US1924461023}}
| industry = {{UBL|[[Information technology]]|[[Consulting]]|[[Outsourcing]] }} 
| predecessor = [[Dun & Bradstreet]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1994|01|26}} in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<ref>{{cite news |title=Cognizant opens new facility in Chennai for hybrid work |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/information-tech/cognizant-opens-new-facility-in-chennai-for-hybrid-work/articleshow/93144769.cms |access-date=28 August 2022 |work=The Economic Times |archive-date=28 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828120759/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/information-tech/cognizant-opens-new-facility-in-chennai-for-hybrid-work/articleshow/93144769.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
| founders = [[Kumar Mahadeva]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cognizant-founder-mahadeva-to-retire/articleshow/375817.cms|title=Cognizant founder Mahadeva to retire|newspaper=Economic Times|date=22 December 2003|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613044155/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cognizant-founder-mahadeva-to-retire/articleshow/375817.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Founders>{{cite news |url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/cognizant-s-francisco-d-souza-to-step-down-from-board-q4-net-down-64-y-o-y-11580958579532.html |title=Cognizant's co-founder to step down from board |date=6 February 2020 |publisher=Livemint |access-date=29 July 2020 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729062347/https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/cognizant-s-francisco-d-souza-to-step-down-from-board-q4-net-down-64-y-o-y-11580958579532.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| key_people = [[Ravi Kumar Singisetti]] ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
| hq_location = [[Teaneck, New Jersey]], U.S.
| area_served = Worldwide
| services = 
| revenue = {{increase}} {{US$|19.736 billion|link=yes}} (2024)<ref name=FY>{{cite web|url=https://cognizant.q4cdn.com/123993165/files/doc_financials/2024/ar/CTSH-2024-Annual-Report_Final2.pdf|title=2024 Annual Report |publisher=Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation|access-date=6 March 2025}}</ref> 
| operating_income = {{increase}} {{US$|2.938 billion}} (2024)<ref name=FY/> 
| net_income = {{increase}} {{US$|2.240 billion}} (2024)<ref name=FY/>
| assets = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{US$|19.966 billion}} (2024)<ref name=FY/>}}
| equity = {{increase}} {{US$|14.408 billion}} (2024)<ref name=FY/>
| num_employees = 336,800 (2024)<ref name=FY/>
| website = {{URL|https://www.cognizant.com}}
}}
'''Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation''' is an American [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] [[information technology]] [[consulting]] and outsourcing company originally founded in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cognizant.com/us/en/glossary/business-process-outsourcing | title=Business process outsourcing (BPO) }}</ref> It is headquartered in [[Teaneck, New Jersey]], United States. Cognizant is part of the [[NASDAQ-100]] and trades under CTSH.  It was founded in [[Chennai]], India, as an in-house technology unit of [[Dun & Bradstreet]] in 1994,<ref name="mishra">{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Companies/VduU2oUfVOTxR4MYarjjiJ/Cognizants-Francisco-DSouza-The-horizon-chaser.html|title=Cognizant's Francisco D'Souza: The horizon chaser|first=Pankaj|last=Mishra|date=21 March 2013|access-date=30 July 2013|archive-date=15 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815205645/https://www.livemint.com/Companies/VduU2oUfVOTxR4MYarjjiJ/Cognizants-Francisco-DSouza-The-horizon-chaser.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and started serving external clients in 1996.<ref name="mishra" /> After a series of corporate reorganizations, there was an [[initial public offering]] in 1998.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB898286198847456000|title=Cognizant, Interplay IPOs Meet With Weak Demand|last=Newswires|first=Dow Jones|date=1998-06-20|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=2020-01-02|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=15 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815205638/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB898286198847456000|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ravi Kumar Singisetti]] has been the CEO of the company since January 2023, replacing [[Brian Humphries (IT businessman)|Brian Humphries]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chennai |first=BL |date=2023-01-12 |title=Cognizant appoints former Infosys president Prayag P as CEO, succeeds Brian Humphries |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/cognizant-appoints-former-infosys-president-ravi-kumar-as-ceo-replacing-brian-humphries/article66370128.ece |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=BusinessLine |language=en}}</ref>