CI&T

CI&T is a Brazilian information technology and software development company.^[3]

CI&T

Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: CINT
Industry	Information technology
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil Oakland, California, United States
Key people	César Gon (CEO) Bruno Guicardi (President) Stanley Rodrigues (CFO)
Revenue	R$ 571.8 million (2023)[1]
Net income	R$ 571.8 milhões [2]
Number of employees	6,000+ [2]
Website	ciandt.com

History

CI&T was founded in 1995 as an IT group working with research and development (R&D) companies for software development before expanding to provide technical services to nearshore customers.^[4][5] Early clients included IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Vale, Natura, and Globo.^[6][7][8]

CI&T opened an office in Pennsylvania in 2006^[9] and in Tokyo (Japan) and Ningbo (China) in 2009.^[10]

CI&T has been working as a technical integrator of digital marketing engagements with many of their clients.^[6] In 2017, CI&T acquired Conrade, a solution provider based in Oakland, in the United States.^[11] In 2019, Advent acquired 30% of CI&T participation from BNDES.^[12]

In June 2021, it announced the acquisition of Dextra, an IT services company headquartered in Campinas, near CI&T geographically.^[13] In November 2021, the company filed for an initial public offering and got listed on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).^[14]

In 2022, CI&T announced the acquisition of three companies. The first was UK-headquartered Somo Global Ltd, an award-winning digital product agency, for US$67 million.^[15] Then came Box 1824.^[16] After that, in August 2022 the company acquired Transpire, an Australian-based technology consultancy, for US$16,4 million.^[17]