Wipro Limited is a global information technology (IT) services company headquartered in Bangalore, India.
According to the 2011 revenue, Wipro is the third largest IT services company in India.
Wipro is ranked 31 globally in 2011 in the list of IT service providers.
Wipro provides outsourced research and development, infrastructure outsourcing, business process outsourcing (BPO) and business consulting services. The company operates in three segments: IT Services, IT Products, Consumer Care and Lighting.
The company was established in 1980 as subsidiary of Wipro(Western Indian Product) Limited listed on New York Stock Exchange. Wipro was initially set up as a vegetable oil manufacturer in 1945 in Amalner, Maharashtra, producing sunflower Vanaspati Oil and soaps. At that time, the company was called Western India Vegetable Products Limited (later abbreviated down to Wipro).
Wipro BPO employs over 22,000, of whom 3,150 are at its Hyderabad campus. The planned new recruitments will be from among science and commerce graduates and under-graduates.
Wipro's Global IT business caters to more than 150 global Fortune 500 clients across financial services, retail, transportation, manufacturing, healthcare services, energy and utilities, technology, telecom and media.
It employs over 120,000 people from over 70 nationalities and 72 plus global delivery centers across 5 continents.
Chairman:
AZIM H. PREMJI (Majority shareholder)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:
T.K. kurien (IT Business and Executive director)- (CEO)
Suresh C Senapaty - Executive director and chief financial officer
| Revenue |  US$ 6.841 billion (2011) |
|---|---|
| Operating income | US$ 1.270 billion (2011) |
| Profit | US$ 1.167 billion (2011) |
| Total assets | US$ 8.182 billion (2011) |
| Total equity | US$ 5.280 billion (2011) |
| Employees | 122,385 (March 2011) |
