Type	Public
Traded as	NASDAQ: CTSH NASDAQ-100 Component S&P 500 Component
Industry	IT services, IT consulting
Predecessor	Dun & Bradstreet
Founded	January 26, 1994
Headquarters	Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	John E. Klein (Chairman) Francisco D'Souza (CEO)
Services	IT, business consulting and outsourcing services
Revenue	US$ 10.26 billion (2014)[1]
Operating income	US$ 1.88 billion (2014)[1]
Profit	US$ 1.43 billion (2014)[1]
Total assets	US$ 11.71 billion (2014)[1]
Total equity	US$ 7.74 billion (2014)[1]
Number of employees	217,700 (March 31, 2015)[2]
Slogan	Passion for making stronger Business
Website	www.cognizant.com

Cognizant Technology Solutions is an American multinational corporation that provides custom information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services. It is headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States. Over two thirds of its employees are based in India. Cognizant is listed in the NASDAQ-100 and the S&P 500 indices. Originally founded as an in-house technology unit of Dun & Bradstreet in 1994,^[3] Cognizant started serving external clients in 1996.^[3]
It made an IPO in 1998, after a series of corporate splits and restructures of its parent companies. It was the first software services firm listed on the Nasdaq.^[3] During the dot com bust, it grew by accepting the application maintenance work that the bigger players were unwilling to perform. Gradually, it ventured into application development, complex systems integration and consulting work. Cognizant saw a period of fast growth during the 2000s, becoming a Fortune 500 company in 2011.^[4] In 2015, the Fortune magazine named it as the world's fourth most admired IT services company.^[5]