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Pactera Technology International Ltd.
Company typePrivate
Formerly NasdaqPACT
IndustryInformation technology
Founded1995
HeadquartersBeijing, China
Key people
Chris Chen (Chairman), Tiak Koon Loh (CEO), Suranjan Pramanik (COO, SVP)
Number of employees
23,954 (at 30 September 2012)[1]
Websitewww.pactera.com

Pactera (officially Pactera Technology International Ltd., 文思海辉技术有限公司) is an IT consulting and outsourcing company with corporate headquarters in Beijing, China, and regional headquarters in North American, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The service areas of the company are in technology, telecom, finance, insurance, energy, travel, manufacturing, retail and logistics.

History

The company was formed in November 2012 through a merger between China-based IT services firms HiSoft and VanceInfo,[2] creating a major IT consulting and technology services provider with corporate headquarters located in China and over 23,000 employees at time of merger.[1]

Pactera was subsequently acquired by a consortium led by the Blackstone Group and was delisted from NASDAQ from 28 March 2014.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "2012 3rd Quarter Report". Pactera Technology Limited Ltd. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Pactera Technology International Ltd. and VanceInfo Technologies Inc. Announce Completion of Merger". PR Newswire. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Blackstone Completes $625M Privatization Of Pactera - China Money Network - Daily News on China's Private Equity, Hedge Funds, and Venture Capital Industry".