The June quarter is usually considered as a seasonally strong period for the IT sector.
IT services major Wipro on Friday said it has appointed Capgemini group veteran Thierry Delaporte as its chief executive officer and managing director, effective July 6, 2020. In January this year, the company had said its CEO and Managing Director Abidali Z Neemuchwala had decided to step down from the company. Abidali Neemuchwala will relinquish his position as CEO and MD on June 1.
The primary concern about India is probably the time needed to finalise everything, rued Paul Hermelin, chairman and chief executive of Capgemini Group.
The deal was inked at an enterprise value of 42.9 million euros and will be financed by the Capgemini Group's net cash, it said in a statement here. The contract was signed with conditional approval from the Italian anti-trust authorities.
Capgemini SA, the parent company of the Capgemini Group, will pick up a 51 per cent stake in Unilever India Shared Services (Indigo) for an undisclosed sum.
India has 61,000 millionaires, while the United States has a whopping 2.27 million, according to a study.