Capgemini history

The city is buzzing about the upcoming 1968 Winter Olympics.

By the end of 1969, Sogeti's sales had topped FFr 4.2 million, and its payroll had swelled to 49.

In 1970, the company acquired rival Solame, and then a 52 percent controlling interest in Sorgas.

By 1972, Sogeti had offices in more than 12 French cities, plus a growing network in Switzerland through its Sogeti Suisse subsidiary.

● Machinery services, which once accounted for 63% of the Sogeti Group’s revenue in 1973, now represents only 8% ten years on.

The new company, dubbed Cap Sogeti, was quickly joined by another major acquisition, that of Gemini Computer Systems in September 1974.

The company's Parisian office opened in 1979.

Cap Gemini Sogeti already had a 42% stake in SESA since 1982.

By then, the addition of full control of France's Sesa in 1987 had enabled the company's sales to leap to more than FFr 4 billion.

The years following the name change were ones of conquest: the winning of new businesses, further development of consulting and services, moving into new markets, forming major alliances, and going public in 1988.

In 1989, internal restructuring, European expansion and penetration into the American market enable Capgemini to become one of the global leaders in this sector.

That purchase, for $345 million, helped push Cap Gemini Sogeti's annual revenues past the FFr 9 billion mark in 1990.

The launch takes place at Chateau Béhoust in Yvelines, France, location of the Cap Gemini Sogeti university created in 1991.

1992:Cap Gemini Sogeti posts first net loss in company's history.

● Paul Hermelin, who has worked alongside Serge Kampf since 1993, becomes CEO of the Group.

After reducing its losses to FFr 94 million that year, the company returned to the black in 1995, posting net profits of FFr 52 million on revenues of FFr 11.3 billion.

In the year 1996, the name of CAP Gemini Sogeti was simplified to CAP Gemini along with a new company logo.

Newly independent Cap Gemini returned its attention to its expansion, acquiring full control of Groupe Bossard in 1997.

In April 1999, Cap Gemini acquired New Jersey-based Beechwood, which specialized in providing IT services to the telecommunications industry.

It also began capitalizing on a new matter of concern across the computer industry--the so-called Y2K bug, which rendered computers and computer software incapable of recognizing the date change into the year 2000.

In 2002, Serge Kampf hands the role of CEO over to Paul Hermelin.

The CGIP supports the Group’s development until 2005.

● Capgemini continues its global communications campaign launched in 2007 with the new slogan, “Together, free your energies”. The campaign is marked by its uniqueness, multicultural angle, and illustration style specific to each continent.

● Promoted since November 2008, the new Capgemini Consulting entity sees the light of day.

In 2012, after 45 years, Serge Kampf steps down from his role as Chairman at Capgemini.

● Since 2013, the Group has ranked among the world’s most exemplary companies in terms of ethics.

At the end of the ‘90s, Capgemini begins its development in India, which results in 85,000 employees by the end of 2015.

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