New Delhi, March 2 -- A multi-year deal of more than $300 million from Daimler Trucks that Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. snatched from Infosys Ltd last week has one common thread: Ravi Kumar.

Kumar, Cognizant's current chief executive, was also instrumental in securing the Infosys contract during his stint at India's second-largest software services provider in 2020, according to a person familiar with the matter. He joined Cognizant as its CEO in January 2023.

"He was one of the people in charge of the client, and now he has won it back for his current firm. It's one of the large deals he won back from his previous firm," said this person, who didn't want to be identified since details are not public.

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