Five numbers that defined Rajesh Gopinathan's tenure as TCS CEO

Indian IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday made an unexpected announcement of MD and CEO Rajesh Gopinathan hanging his boots after an innings of 22 years at the company, of which the last six years were at the helm of affairs.

During his tenure at the top, the company saw its market value double and shares return more than 2.5x to its shareholders, along with generous dividend payouts and buybacks.

When Gopinathan took charge as MD & CEO of TCS, shares of the company traded at around Rs 1,208. Since then the stock scaled a record high of Rs 3,835, implying a return of 217 percent.