Luxoft

Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company, is a digital strategy and software engineering firm, with about 12,900 employees within its 41 offices in 22 countries. It is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.[2]

Luxoft
IndustrySoftware development
Founded2000
HeadquartersSwitzerland, Zug,
Zug
,
Switzerland
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Dmitry Loschinin
(CEO)
Services
Revenue US$906.8 million (2018)[1]
Number of employees
12,900
Websitewww.luxoft.com

History

In 2000, Luxoft was established in Moscow under the direction of Dmitry Loschinin. In 2008 it acquired ITC Networks in Bucharest.[3] 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.[4] 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 January 2019, Luxoft was acquired by DXC Technology.[5] Luxoft partnered with LG Electronics to create a next-generation Autonomous Mobility concept vehicle that integrates consumers' personalized digital lifestyles into a riding experience.[6] Luxoft enabled Switzerland's first Blockchain based e-vote platform with the City of Zug and Hochschule Luzern's Blockchain Lab.[7] 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 Software site.[10] In January 2019, DXC Technologie of Tyson Corner (Virginia) announced the acquisition of Luxoft Holding.[11]

Luxoft has a development center in Romania (Bucharest).[12] Moscow is the largest location in Russia with about 1,300 employees, and also with a presence in Kyiv, Ukraine.[13]

Acquisitions
Company name Industry Country Date of acquisition Reference
Radius Inc. Internet of Things/Big data  USA 2014 [14]
Excelian Financial services  UK 2015 [15]
Symtavision GmbH Automotive - Timing Analysis  Germany 2016 [16]
Pelagicore AB Automotive  Sweden 2016 [17]
INSYS Group Healthcare/Telco  USA 2016 [18]
IntroPro TMT  Ukraine 2017 [19]
derivIT Financial services  Singapore 2017 [20]
UNAFORTIS AG Financial services   Switzerland 2017 [21]
Smashing Ideas Design & Innovation  USA 2018 [22]
Objective GmbH Automotive Software Development  Germany 2018 [23]
CMORE Automotive GmbH Automotive  Germany 2020 [24]

In January 2019, Luxoft was acquired by DXC Technology. According to the information from SEC database, DXC Technology now owns 83% of Luxoft shares. The eventual close of the deal was in June 2019.[25]

References
  1. "Luxoft Holding, Inc Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2018". Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  2. "DXC Technology to Acquire Leading Digital Innovator Luxoft". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  3. "RRussia's Luxoft buys Romanian software firm". EETimes. 2008-07-23.
  4. "Russian software developer Luxoft jumps in NYSE debut". Reuters. 2013-06-26.
  5. Akanksha Rana (7 Jan 2019). ""DXC Technology to buy software development company Luxoft for $2 billion"". Reuters.
  6. "Luxoft Holding, Inc: Luxoft and LG Electronics to present a forward-looking vision for Autonomous and Connected Mobility". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  7. "Zug citizens open to more blockchain-based e-voting". Crypto Valley. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  8. TMC Net (2004-11-18). "Luxoft Opens Poland Development Center". Krakow, Poland: TMC Net. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  9. businessweek.com (2012-02-12). "Luxoft Ltd. Teams Up with Atmel Corporation to Complement its Application Development Services with ZigBee(R) Smart Energy(TM) Offering". businessweek.com. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
  10. "Career at Luxoft". Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  11. "DXC Technology übernimmt Digital-Spezialisten Luxoft aus der Schweiz" (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  12. "RRussia's Luxoft buys Romanian software firm". EETimes. 2008-07-23.
  13. https://career.luxoft.com/locations/
  14. "Luxoft Acquires Radius Inc., a Next Generation Technology Solution Provider Focused on IoT". Luxoft. 2014-10-07.
  15. "Luxoft follows GFT with UK acquisition". Megabuyte. 2015-02-19.
  16. "Luxoft Acquires Symtavision, a Leading Provider of Software Tools and Services for Real-time System Design and Development for the Automotive Industry". Luxoft. 2016-02-23.
  17. "Luxoft acquires Pelagicore AB". Reuters. 2016-09-13.
  18. "Luxoft acquires INSYS Group". Reuters. 2016-07-18.
  19. "Luxoft acquires Ukrainian software development company IntroPro". Reuters. 2017-02-06.
  20. "Excelian: Luxoft Financial Services Completes the Acquisition of derivIT". BusinessWire. 2017-08-23.
  21. "Excelian, Luxoft Financial Services Launches Global Avaloq Practice following Acquisition of UNAFORTIS". BusinessWire. 2017-08-28.
  22. "Luxoft Acquires US-based Digital Innovation Agency, Smashing Ideas". Luxoft. 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  23. "Luxoft Acquires Autonomous Drive and Connected Mobility Specialist Objective Software GmbH". luxoft.com. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  24. "Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company, Completes Acquisition of CMORE Automotive". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  25. "VC.ru". VC.
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