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 with several large offices in the US, Poland, Germany, India, [1] Ukraine, Singapore, and Serbia. [2] [3]

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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
Raul Fernandez
(President and CEO)
Services
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$906.8 million (2018) [4]
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. [5]

In 2008, it acquired ITC Networks in Bucharest. [6]

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. [7] 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. [8] [9] Since 2018, Luxoft has been present in Italy (Turin), through the acquisition of the Objective site. [10]

In 2018, Luxoft enabled Switzerland's first Blockchain based e-vote platform with the City of Zug and Hochschule Luzern's Blockchain Lab. [11]

In January 2019, DXC Technology of Tysons Corner announced the acquisition of Luxoft Holding. [12]

In June 2019, DXC Technology completed the 100% acquisition of Luxoft. [13] [14] According to the information from SEC database, DXC Technology owns 83% of Luxoft shares. [15]

Controversy

Because of Russian invasion of Ukraine, the company announced it strongly supported Ukraine and condemned Russia. It decided to leave the Russian market, accordingly in April 2022 and the Russian business was sold to IBS Holding. [16]

Acquisitions

Company nameIndustryCountryDate of acquisitionReference
Radius Inc. Internet of Things/Big data Flag of the United States.svg  USA 2014 [17]
Excelian Financial services Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK 2015 [18]
Symtavision GmbH Automotive - Timing AnalysisFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 2016 [19]
Pelagicore ABAutomotiveFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2016 [20]
INSYS Group Healthcare/Telco Flag of the United States.svg  USA 2016 [21]
IntroProTMTFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2017 [22]
derivIT Financial services Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2017 [23]
UNAFORTIS AG Financial services Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 2017 [24]
Smashing IdeasDesign & InnovationFlag of the United States.svg  USA 2018 [25]
Objective GmbHAutomotive Software DevelopmentFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 2018 [26]
CMORE Automotive GmbHAutomotiveFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 2020 [27]

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