Disambiguation evidence for Wipro from vegetable oil business to IT services giant via surface form

"Wipro Limited"


As subject (53)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Wipro Limited".

Predicate Object
country India
formerName Western India Vegetable Products Limited
founded 1945
foundedBy Mohamed Premji
foundingLocation Amalner, Maharashtra, India
hasDivision Wipro Limited
surface form: Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting (historically part of Wipro Limited)
hasSubsidiary Wipro Enterprises (consumer care and lighting, infrastructure engineering)
headquartersLocation Bengaluru
surface form: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
industry Business process services
industry Consulting
industry Consumer goods (historical)
industry Information technology services
instanceOf Consulting company
instanceOf Information technology services company
instanceOf Public company
keyPerson Azim Premji
keyPerson Rishad Premji
keyPerson Thierry Delaporte
notableFor One of India’s leading IT services companies
notableFor Transformation from vegetable oil manufacturer to global IT services giant
originalBusiness Hydrogenated cooking fats
originalBusiness Soaps and consumer care products
originalBusiness Vegetable oil manufacturing
positionHeld Azim Premji
surface form: Azim Premji – former Chairman
positionHeld Rishad Premji
surface form: Rishad Premji – Executive Chairman
positionHeld Thierry Delaporte – CEO and Managing Director
product Application development and maintenance services
product Business process outsourcing services
product Cloud services
product Cybersecurity services
product Digital transformation services
product Engineering and R&D services
product Hydrogenated vegetable oil (vanaspati) (historical)
product IT consulting services
product Infrastructure management services
product Soaps (historical)
product Vegetable oil (historical)
serves Banking and financial services sector
serves Energy and utilities sector
serves Global enterprises
serves Healthcare and life sciences sector
serves Manufacturing sector
serves Retail and consumer goods sector
shortName Wipro Limited
surface form: Wipro
stockExchangeListing Bombay Stock Exchange
stockExchangeListing National Stock Exchange of India
stockExchangeListing New York Stock Exchange
tickerSymbol 507685 (BSE)
tickerSymbol Wipro Limited
surface form: WIPRO (NSE)
tickerSymbol WIT (NYSE)
transition Diversified from vegetable oil manufacturing into consumer products
transition Entered computer hardware and software business
transition Transformed into a pure-play IT services and consulting company