In 2001, iSoftStone was founded by MIT Sloan School of Management MBA graduate Liu Tianwen.

[2][3] iSoftStone initially focused on providing information technology consulting and outsourcing services where it served clients such as IBM, AT&T and Microsoft.

[2][4] However it didn't compete with firms that focused on much large global projects such as Accenture, IBM or Hewlett-Packard.

[3] In December 2010, iSoftStone held its initial public offering to become a listed company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) where it raised $141 million.

[5] In April 2014, it accepted an offer from China Everbright Investment Management to take it private in a $332 million deal and was eventually delisted from the NYSE.