Capgemini SE is a French multinational information technology services and consulting company. It is headquartered in Paris, France.
The business was established as the Société pour la Gestion de l'Entreprise et le Traitement de l'Information by Serge Kampf in 1974. It adopted the name CAP Gemini Sogeti in 1975, shortly after it acquired the Centre d'Analyse et de Programmation and Gemini Computer Systems. The company expanded considerably during the early 1980s, often via the acquisition of other companies. In 1996, the simplified name Cap Gemini was adopted by the firm. In March 2000, at the height of the dot-com bubble, Cap Gemini purchased Ernst & Young Consulting for roughly $11 billion; the early 2000s proved to be fiscally challenging for the company, compelling it to sell off its North American consulting wing and to restructure its operations. During the mid-to-late 2000s, Cap Gemini embraced offshoring via the expansion of its presence in India, which included the purchase of both Kanbay and Thesys.
In 2015, Cap Gemini acquired the US-based technology and services company iGate for $4 billion. Two years later, the business was reorganised as Capgemini SE.Wikipedia