Publicis Sapient

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Publicis Sapient
FormerlyPublicis.Sapient, SapientRazorfish, Sapient Consulting, SapientNitro, Razorfish, Sapient Global Markets, Sapient Public Sector, Sapient
Type Subsidiary
Industry
  • Consumer Products
  • Energy & Commodities
  • Financial Services
  • Health
  • Public Sector
  • Retail
  • Telecommunications, Media & Technology
  • Transportation & Mobility
  • Travel & Hospitality
Founded1990
Services
  • Strategy & Consulting
  • Customer Experience & Design
  • Technology & Engineering
  • Marketing Platforms
  • Data & Artificial Intelligence
  • Innovation & Digital Product Management
  • Digital Business Transformation
Revenue$1.305 billion (2013) [1]
$125.22 million (2013) [1]
Number of employees
20,000+ (February 13, 2019)
Parent Publicis
Website www.publicissapient.com

Publicis Sapient is a global digital transformation consulting company and the digital business transformation hub of Publicis Groupe with 20,000 people and over 50 offices worldwide. It was originally established as Sapient in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1990. [2] [3] In 2015, Sapient became an independent subsidiary of French multinational advertising firm Publicis, following a deal worth US$3.7 billion. It remains headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and as of February 2015, the leadership is retained. [4]

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In 2016, the company merged two of its divisions, SapientNitro and Razorfish, to form SapientRazorfish, which was led by Alan Wexler. [5] A few years later, in 2019, SapientRazorfish and Sapient Consulting were consolidated into one brand, Publicis Sapient, [6] under the leadership of CEO Nigel Vaz. [7]

History

The company Sapient was founded on November 6, 1990, by Jerry Greenberg and J. Stuart Moore in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company was established as a digital consulting firm and adopted a fixed-term, fixed-price model for IT consulting projects instead of charging on a time and materials basis.

Sapient embraced internet-based technology early on and by 1999, internet-based work accounted for over 70% of its revenue. From 1992 to 2000, the company saw rapid growth, with revenue increasing from $950,000 to $503 million. [8]

Following the dot-com bubble burst in the early 2000s, Sapient looked to expand internationally to drive growth. The company implemented a strategy called "Global Distributed Delivery" which leveraged the rapidly growing tech market in India to grow its software development capabilities. [8]

Throughout its history, Sapient has made several acquisitions, starting with Planning Group International in 2006. Other notable acquisitions include DCG Group in 2008, which enhanced its capital markets offerings, and The Nitro Group in 2009, which added 300 employees. [9] [10]

History of acquisitions

YearNameDivisionRefs
2016 Vertiba Sapient [11]
2014CampfireSapientNitro [12]
2014OnPointGovernment Services [13]
2014 The Community (aka La Comunidad) SapientNitro [14]
2013iThinkSapientNitro [15]
2013(m)PHASIZESapientNitro [16]
2012SecondStorySapientNitro [17]
2011DADSapientNitro [18]
2011CLANMOSapientNitro [19]
2009NitroSapientNitro [10]
2008Derivatives Consulting Group (DCG)Global Markets [9]
2008iChameleonSapient [20]
2006Planning Group International (PGI)Sapient [21]
2005Business Information SolutionsSapient
2000Human CodeSapient [22]
2000The Launch GroupSapient [23]
1999AdjacencySapient [24]
1999 E-Lab Sapient [25]
1998Studio ArchetypeSapient [26]
1997ExorSapient [27]

Corporate affairs

In 1996, Sapient made its initial public offering with a share price of $21. In the next four years, the technology sector saw an increase in share prices, leading to an increase in Sapient's shares to a split-adjusted price of $550. However, during the dot-com bust of 2000, Sapient's shares dropped to a low of $0.75 per share. [28] The shares reached a peak of $17.95 in 2014. [29]

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