# Francisco D'Souza

> Francisco D'Souza is an Indian-American entrepreneur and businessman, who is the former CEO and Vice Chairman of Cognizant - a Fortune 200 global professional services company - co-founded the NASDAQ-100 company in 1994. He succeeded Lakshmi Narayanan as the CEO in 2007 and in 2018 was appointed Vice Chairman, while continuing his role as the CEO till 1 April 2019.

*Businessperson, Former Chief Executive Officer, Cognizant Technology Solutions*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Executive ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524))
- **Category:** Executives
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1968-08-23
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Francisco D'Souza is an Indian-American entrepreneur and businessman, who is the former CEO and Vice Chairman of Cognizant - a Fortune 200 global professional services company - co-founded the NASDAQ-100 company in 1994. He succeeded Lakshmi Narayanan as the CEO in 2007 and in 2018 was appointed Vice Chairman, while continuing his role as the CEO till 1 April 2019.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 11.0 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 4.0 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 61.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 25.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Francisco D'Souza](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_D'Souza)
- [فرنسيسكو دسوزا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5483294)

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