Next 5 years will define Rajesh Gopinathan's legacy at TCS: Analysts

The company has successfully pivoted to a digital business without an inorganic play, putting digital at the heart of strategy

It has been five years since Rajesh Gopinathan, chief executive officer and managing director, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), took over the reins of the information technology bellwether. The company’s market capitalisation has more than doubled from $84 billion in 2017-18 to $184 billion as on date. Its revenues have climbed to $25 billion in calendar year 2021, from $18.5 billion in calendar year 2017. But analysts say the next five years will define Gopinthan’s legacy at TCS.’

Enclosed in that legacy will be how Gopinathan steers the largest private sector recruiter that TCS has come to be, with over 550,000 employees.