Founded by Serge Kampf in Grenoble in 1967, Capgemini has become one of the five leading IT services and consulting companies worldwide.
Capgemini’s increasing international profile and the steady expansion of our offering portfolio are the result of a growth strategy, that accounts for its presence in more than 30 countries and its ability to provide clients with a complete range of services, from management consulting to local professional services.
Acquisitions
Among its most important acquisitions to date: Sesa in France (1987); Hoskyns in the UK (1990) – which gave the Group a major foothold in the outsourcing market; Volmac in the Netherlands (1992) and Programator in Scandinavia (1992) – both of which provided the Group with a solid base in Northern Europe.
During the 1990s, the Group was able to build a world-class management consulting practice, likewise through the acquisition process – United Research in 1990 and the Mac Group in 1991 in the US, Gruber Titze and Partners in 1993, and Bossard in 1997 in Europe.
The acquisition of Ernst & Young Consulting in May 2000, helped affirm the Group’s international scope by tripling the size of its North American operations, the world’s leading market for IT services, and strengthening its position in other regions such as Germany.
The acquisition of Transiciel in December 2003 enabled the Group to double the size of Sogeti – the local professional services unit it created in 2001 – thereby bringing it into contention as the European leader in an industry segment representing 20 per cent of the local IT services market in that geography.
Major Outsourcing Deal
In 2003 was the signing of the ‘Aspire’ contract with the UK Department of Inland Revenue at the end of the year. This outsourcing win, worth €3 billion over ten years, is a key reference for the Group, demonstrating its ability to compete globally with the major league players in this market.
