Luxoft

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Luxoft, a DXC Technology subsidiary, is represented in 21 countries with 17 000+ employees globally. Luxoft is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. [1]

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Luxoft
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Software development
Founded2000;24 years ago (2000) in Moscow, Russia
HeadquartersSwitzerland, Zug,
Zug
,
Switzerland
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Dmitry Loschinin
(CEO)
Services
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$906.8 million (2018) [2]
Number of employees
17,000+
Parent DXC Technology (100%)
Website www.luxoft.com

History

In 2000, Luxoft was established under the direction of Dmitry Loschinin in Russia. [3] In 2008, it acquired ITC Networks in Bucharest. [4] In 2013, Luxoft was listed on the New York Stock Exchange, following an initial public offering of 4.1 million shares at $17.00 per ordinary share. [5] UBS Limited, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, VTB Capital plc and Cowen and Company, LLC were the joint book-running managers for the offering.

In 2010, Luxoft established a development center in Kraków, Poland. [6] [7] Since 2018, Luxoft has been present in Italy (Turin), through the acquisition of the Objective Software site. [8]

In January 2019, DXC Technologie of Tyson Corner (Virginia) announced the acquisition of Luxoft Holding. [9] In June 2019, DXC Technology completed the 100% acquisition of Luxoft. [10] [11]

Luxoft enabled Switzerland's first Blockchain based e-vote platform with the City of Zug and Hochschule Luzern's Blockchain Lab. [12]

Luxoft announced it strongly supported Ukraine and condemned Russia and decided to leave the Russian market, accordingly in April 2022 the Russian business was sold to IBS Holding. [13]

Luxoft's largest offices are based in the US, Poland, Germany, India, [14] Ukraine, Singapore, and Serbia. [15]

Acquisitions

Company nameIndustryCountryDate of acquisitionReference
Radius Inc. Internet of Things/Big data Flag of the United States.svg  USA 2014 [16]
Excelian Financial services Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK 2015 [17]
Symtavision GmbH Automotive - Timing AnalysisFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 2016 [18]
Pelagicore ABAutomotiveFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2016 [19]
INSYS Group Healthcare/Telco Flag of the United States.svg  USA 2016 [20]
IntroProTMTFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2017 [21]
derivIT Financial services Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2017 [22]
UNAFORTIS AG Financial services Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 2017 [23]
Smashing IdeasDesign & InnovationFlag of the United States.svg  USA 2018 [24]
Objective GmbHAutomotive Software DevelopmentFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 2018 [25]
CMORE Automotive GmbHAutomotiveFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 2020 [26]

In January 2019, Luxoft was acquired by DXC Technology. According to the information from SEC database, DXC Technology now owns 83% of Luxoft shares. The eventual close of the deal was in June 2019. [27]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Luxoft Holding, Inc Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2018" . Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  3. ↑ https://tech.eu/2019/01/07/us-based-dxc-acquires-russian-founded-software-development-company-luxoft-for-2-billion/. Retrieved 2023-03-8.
  4. ↑ Staff, Computerworld (2008-07-23). "Luxoft Acquires Romania's ITC Networks". Computerworld. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  5. ↑ Andrii Degeler (2013-07-02). "Luxoft raises $70 million in New York IPO" . Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  6. ↑ TMC Net (2004-11-18). "Luxoft Opens Poland Development Center". Krakow, Poland: TMC Net. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  7. ↑ "Luxoft Ltd. Teams Up with Atmel Corporation to Complement its Application Development Services with ZigBee(R) Smart Energy(TM) Offering". businessweek.com. 2012-02-12. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
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  11. ↑ "DXC Technology Completes Acquisition of Leading Digital Innovator Luxoft". 14 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "Zug citizens open to more blockchain-based e-voting". Crypto Valley. December 2018. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  13. ↑ "DXC Technology self-reports possible Russian sanctions violations". 23 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "Luxoft opens new centre in Chennai". The Times of India. 2022-11-23. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2023-03-25.
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  16. ↑ "Luxoft Acquires Radius Inc., a Next Generation Technology Solution Provider Focused on IoT". Luxoft. 2014-10-07.
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