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==History==
Infosys was founded by [[N. R. Narayana Murthy]], [[Nandan Nilekani]], [[Kris Gopalakrishnan]], [[S. D. Shibulal]], K. Dinesh, [[N. S. Raghavan]], and Ashok Arora, with an initial capital of $250. Ashok Arora left the company in 1989.<ref>{{cite news|title=There’s life after Infosys|author=Bibhu Ranjan Mishra|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/technology/there-s-life-after-infosys-109070600021_1.html|publisher=Business Standard, 7 September, 2008}} </ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-tech-major-events-in-the-history-of-infosys/20130602.htm#1 |title=Major events in the history of Infosys |publisher=Rediff.com Business |access-date=7 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007171414/http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-tech-major-events-in-the-history-of-infosys/20130602.htm#1 |archive-date=7 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was incorporated as Infosys Consultants Private Limited in [[Pune]] on 2 July 1981,<ref name="Company hyHistory of Infosys">{{cite web |url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/company-facts/infosys/history/IT#IT |title=Company History of Infosys |publisher=Moneycontrol.com |access-date=7 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007171610/http://www.moneycontrol.com/company-facts/infosys/history/IT#IT |archive-date=7 October 2017 |url-status=live |last1=Com |first1=Moneycontrol }}</ref> before relocating to [[Bangalore]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infosys.com/about/Pages/history.aspx |title=About Infosys |publisher=Infosys |access-date=23 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927071331/http://www.infosys.com/about/Pages/history.aspx |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In the 1980s, Infosys briefly made hardware products like electronic [[telex]] machines and keyboard [[concentrator]]s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Infosys’ hardcore 80s: When the company had a hardware business |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/infosys-hardcore-80s-when-the-company-had-a-hardware-business/articleshow/48137889.cms |access-date=23 July 2025 |work=The Economic Times |date=20 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Infosys link to telegram service |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/infosys-link-to-telegram-service/article4912659.ece |access-date=23 July 2025 |work=The Hindu |date=14 July 2013 |language=en-IN}}</ref> Its core business of [[offshore custom software development]] witnessed growth after the 1991 [[Economic liberalisation in India|economic liberalisation of India]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Srikanth |first1=Chandra R. |title=In 1990, there was an offer to buy us out for Rs 2 crore. Infosys has Rs 6.5 lakh crore m-cap now: NR Narayana Murthy on 1991 reforms |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/nr-narayana-murthy-1991-reforms-impact-economic-liberalisation-infosys-7194741.html |access-date=23 July 2025 |work=Moneycontrol |date=21 July 2021}}</ref>
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