Infosys is India's second largest tech player.
It has a shareholder base of 4,50,000.
Since inception, a shareholder has received a cumulative dividend of Rs 11,623 crore till this fiscal 2010-11.
Infosys started with a measly capital of Rs 10,000-pooled by spouses of founders-has evolved into a balance sheet of Rs 26,000 crore with $3.8 billion in cash equivalents.
Its shareholders have grown their wealth in multiples. For instance, 100 shares issued in the IPO in 1993 at Rs 9,500 have multiplied into 12,800 shares valued at Rs.4,15,00,000 (4.15 crore) as on March 31 this year, indicating a compounded growth rate of 59%. No doubt Infosys made many crorepathies.
Similar amount of Rs.9500 in a Bank FD @ 10% since 1993 would have grown to just Rs. 52,819.
Apart from that Infosys rewarded its employees generously. By March 31 1992, employees owned 13.6% of shares of the company. The employee stock option plan was introduced in 1994 and as of now, the company has given stock options worth Rs 50,000crore to employees.
Infosys added 17,024 (net) and 43,120 (gross) employees in 2010-11 taking their employee strength to 1,30,820. The company today has over 620 clients, 6,500 projects and 64 sales offices and 63 development centers spread across 75 cities in 32 countries.
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