# Cognizant founder

entity: /record/cognizant.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/cognizant/founder  
as_of: 2026-10-31  

As of October 31, 2026, Cognizant's founder on the AsOf record is Francisco D'Souza, undated on the record, from a primary source (news.cognizant.com) and one further source (economictimes.indiatimes.com). The record holds 1 claim on Cognizant's founder, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-10-31.

- [Cognizant](/record/cognizant.md) | founder | Francisco D'Souza | valid undated to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_2B01A2C7DADA](/claim/clm_2B01A2C7DADA.md)
  sources: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cognizant-founder-mahadeva-to-retire/articleshow/375817.cms, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1107035, https://news.cognizant.com/2019-02-06-Cognizant-Names-Brian-Humphries-As-CEO-Succeeding-Company-Co-Founder-Francisco-DSouza

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Cognizant](/record/cognizant.md) | founder | Francisco D'Souza | valid undated to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_2B01A2C7DADA](/claim/clm_2B01A2C7DADA.md)
  sources: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cognizant-founder-mahadeva-to-retire/articleshow/375817.cms, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1107035, https://news.cognizant.com/2019-02-06-Cognizant-Names-Brian-Humphries-As-CEO-Succeeding-Company-Co-Founder-Francisco-DSouza

## Questions this record answers

### What is Cognizant's current founder?

Francisco D'Souza, undated on the record, from a primary source (news.cognizant.com) and one further source (economictimes.indiatimes.com). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.70).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/cognizant/founder (this fact) · /v1/entities/cognizant?predicates=founder (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: entity_state(entity: "cognizant", predicates: ["founder"], scope: "all")
- Entity twin: /record/cognizant.md · timeline: /timelines/cognizant.md

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