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WNS Global Services

Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: WNS
Industry	Business process management, outsourcing, IT consulting
Founded	1996
Headquarters	New York, London and Mumbai
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Timothy Main (Chairman) Keshav R Murugesh (Group CEO)
Revenue	US $1323.4 million (FY24)
Number of employees	62,951 (September 30, 2024)
Website	https://www.wns.com

WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS) is an Indian multinational business process management company. The company is headquartered in New York, London and Mumbai.

The company employs over 62,000 individuals. WNS is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol WNS.

History

WNS Global Services was established in 1996 as a carve-out of British Airways captive process and back-office activities. In 2002, Warburg Pincus acquired a majority stake, following which WNS became an independent entity. The company expanded into other industries in 2003, and by 2004, new delivery centers were opened in Sri Lanka and India.

In 2005, WNS acquired Trinity Partners. The company went public in 2006, listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). WNS subsequently acquired Marketics (2007), Aviva Global Services (2008), and Denali Sourcing Services (2017).

Later acquisitions included Vuram (2022), The Smart Cube, and OptiBuy (2023).

Operations

WNS has 66 delivery centers located in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Costa Rica, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Turkey.

Acquisitions

Awards and recognitions

• America's Most Reliable Companies 2025 by Newsweek.
• Association for Talent Development Best Award 2024
• The Hackett Group Digital Award 2024
• WNS-Vuram won Employer of the Year Silver Award at the International Brilliance Awards 2024
• Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award 2024 by Business Intelligence Group
• DataIQ Award for Best Data Story or Data Visualization 2024
• World's best companies 2023 by Time (magazine)
• Global Sourcing Association (GSA) UK Award 2023
• World's best Employers 2022 by Forbes.

References

1. "Contacts, locations". WNS. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
2. ^ "Board of Directors". WNS. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
3. ^ "WNS Announces Fiscal 2024 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Earnings, Provides Guidance for Fiscal 2025". wnsnorthamerica.gcs-web.com.
4. "Is Weakness In WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE:WNS) Stock A Sign That The Market Could be Wrong Given Its Strong Financial Prospects?". simplywall.st. 9 October 2024.
5. "Top 15 BPO Companies In India". Business Outreach. 9 July 2024.
6. "__symbol__ Stock Quote Price and Forecast". CNN.
7. "WNS opens new global delivery centre in Hyderabad with 1,399 employees". The Times of India. 14 March 2024.
8. "WNS | Case Studies | Warburg Pincus". warburgpincus.
9. "WNS Sri Lanka marks 20 years in existence". Print Edition - The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka.
10. Warburg Pincus acquires WNS Stake Archived 27 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine Private Equity International 28 May 2002
11. "WNS Global buys US BPO firm; to hire 2,500 more". Rediff.
12. "WNS to buy Marketics for $65 m". The Economic Times. 10 March 2007.
13. "India's WNS buys Aviva's BPO unit for $228 mln". Reuters.
14. "BPO firm WNS acquires US-based Denali Services for $40 million". Mint.
15. "WNS acquires Vuram for $165 million". The Hindu. 1 July 2022.
16. "WNS acquires two European companies for USD 156 million". Moneycontrol.
17. "WNS Acquires The Smart Cube, for $125M". FinSMEs. 6 January 2023.
18. "WNS buys two services firms for over $150m". IT Europa. 20 December 2022.
19. "WNS opens 60,000 sq ft delivery centre in Hyderabad". The Economic Times. 14 March 2024.
20. "WNS acquires 2 firms for $156.9 million". The Hindu. 16 December 2022.
21. "WNS acquires Vuram for $165 million". The Hindu. 1 July 2022.
22. Mendonca, Jochelle (15 March 2017). "WNS buys HealthHelp for about $95 million". The Economic Times.
23. "WNS acquires US-based Denali for $40mn". Moneycontrol.
24. Mendonca, Jochelle (11 March 2016). "WNS buys Value Edge Research for about $17.5 million". The Economic Times.
25. "WNS Acquires Fusion Outsourcing in South Africa". The Economic Times. 21 June 2012.
26. Kurian, PP Thimmaya & Boby (10 July 2008). "WNS acquires Aviva BPO for $230 mn". The Economic Times.
27. "BPO firm WNS buys BizAps". Business Standard.
28. "WNS to buy Marketics for $65 m". The Economic Times. 10 March 2007.
29. "WNS Global buys BPO firm Trinity". The Times of India. 10 November 2005.
30. "Town & Country Assistance sold". Fleetnews.co.uk.
31. "America's Most Reliable Companies 2025". Newsweek. 24 October 2024.
32. "BEST Award Winners". Td.org.
33. "The Hackett Group Announces 2024 Digital Award Winners". The Hackett Group. 24 September 2024.
34. "2024 International Brilliance Awards – Winners Announced! | BOC UK". Boc-UK.com. 24 January 2024.
35. "6 Experts, 35 Companies, and 79 Products Awarded for Excellence in Artificial Intelligence | News | Business Intelligence Group". Bintelligence.com.
36. "2024 DataIQ Awards - Best Data Story or Data Visualisation: Howden Group and WNS Global Services". DataIQ. 24 September 2024.
37. "World's Best Companies of 2023". Time.
38. "GSA UK - UK Awards 2023". gsa-uk.com.
39. PEACHMAN", "RACHEL RABKIN. "Forbes World's Best Employers 2024 - Best Companies To Work For Worldwide". Forbes.

External links

• Official website

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