Globant S.A.

Is Globant publicly traded?
Yes. Globant S.A. trades on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker GLOB, listed since its July 2014 IPO.

Who owns Globant?
Public shareholders, primarily institutional investors. The four founders retain meaningful stakes and all remain active in leadership: CEO Martin Migoya, president Guibert Englebienne, chairman Martin Umaran, and founder emeritus Nestor Nocetti.

How much revenue does Globant make?
$2.455 billion in fiscal 2025, up 8.4 percent year over year, making it the largest IT services company with Latin American roots.

Where is Globant headquartered?
Legally domiciled in Luxembourg City for its NYSE listing. Operationally it is run from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the founders and largest delivery concentrations remain.

What does Globant do?
It sells software engineering, digital transformation consulting, design, and AI services to enterprises through specialized Studio delivery units, serving clients including Disney, Google, and Electronic Arts.

How many employees does Globant have?
Approximately 28,800 as of year-end 2025, distributed across more than 30 countries with the largest concentrations in Argentina, Colombia, and India.

Who are Globant's biggest competitors?
EPAM, Thoughtworks, Endava, Softtek, and CI&T at the digital-engineering tier, plus Accenture and Indian services giants for larger transformation budgets.

Four friends sketched Globant's founding idea in a Buenos Aires bar in 2003. Martin Migoya, Guibert Englebienne, Martin Umaran, and Nestor Nocetti bet that Argentina, then deep in economic crisis, could supply world-class software engineers to US and European companies at a fraction of domestic cost.

Early clients validated the thesis quickly. EMC and Google bought delivery teams, drawn by Argentine engineering talent, European-style work culture, and time-zone alignment with the US East Coast. The founders organized delivery around Studios, small specialized units owning technology or industry domains, a structure still marketed as Globant's differentiator.

The 2014 NYSE IPO raised capital and international visibility, and an acquisition program followed: more than 30 companies absorbed to add design, UX, data, gaming, and regional capacity. Key deals included India's Clarice Technologies, Brazil's Avanxo, Latin America's Belatrix, and US-based digital shops including L4 Digital and media streaming specialist Lumen.

The Disney relationship became the company's signature. Globant built substantial engineering capacity supporting Disney's digital products and parks technology, and by 2025 Disney ranked among its top clients alongside Google, Electronic Arts, and major financial institutions.

Growth was steep through the post-pandemic digital spending boom, with revenue compounding above 20 percent in peak years. Since 2023 the industry-wide services slowdown cut that pace to single digits: 2025 revenue of $2.455 billion represented 8.4 percent growth, margins compressed, and the company responded with cost discipline, AI productization through Globant Enterprise AI, and expansion into media and sports technology verticals.

Globant publishes sustainability reporting aligned to ESG frameworks, covering emissions reduction, renewable electricity commitments for major offices, and workforce diversity metrics. Its signature social program is Be Kind, a platform of philanthropy and volunteering initiatives, and its role as Latin America's largest tech employer drives substantial investment in training and education programs across the region.

Globant appears regularly on the Fortune Future 50, was a World Economic Forum Global Growth Company, and ranks consistently among top employer brands in Argentina and the region. Its founders were Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year honorees, and the company holds Stevie and Brandon Hall awards for its training and culture programs.

Globant has avoided major legal or product controversies. Its public scrutiny centers on standard offshore-services issues: labor cost arbitrage questions, wage debates in Argentine and Colombian tech markets, and employee relations during the 2023-2024 downturn layoffs.

The founders' public political engagement in Argentina's polarized environment has drawn periodic media attention but no material business impact. As a foreign private issuer, it operates under lighter SEC disclosure requirements than US domestic filers.