Aricent Group

Aricent

Type	Private
Industry	R&D Services
Founded	1991 (as Hughes Software Systems)
Headquarters	Redwood City, California
Key people	Frank Kern (CEO)
Products	Internet engineering
Number of employees	13000
Website	www.aricent.com/%20www.aricent.com

Aricent is a global software company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Investors are KKR & Co. L.P. and Sequoia Capital. The company claims to employ 12,000 consultants, designers, and engineers at 19 locations worldwide.

Aricent is the successor to Hughes Software Systems, which was established in 1991, a subsidiary to Hughes Electronics. and Sequoia Capital.

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