% ▁in ▁Sweden , ▁ 1 7 % ▁in ▁India , ▁ 1 5 % ▁in ▁Czech ▁Republic , ▁ 5 % ▁in ▁Lat via , ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁spread ▁across ▁other ▁countries . ▁ 2 8 % ▁of ▁the ▁employees ▁world wide ▁are ▁women . ▁Net ▁sales ▁by ▁country ▁was ▁Finland ▁ 4 7 %, ▁Sweden ▁ 3 6 %, ▁and ▁International ▁ 1 7 %. ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁ 4 2 . 7 % ▁of ▁T iet o ' s ▁share hold ers ▁are ▁Finn ish ▁and ▁ 3 % ▁are ▁Swedish . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Finland ▁and ▁corpor ate ▁orig ins ▁▁ ▁T iet o ▁started ▁its ▁business ▁operations ▁in ▁Esp oo , ▁Finland ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁T iet ote hd as ▁O y . ▁During ▁the ▁company ' s ▁first ▁years , ▁it ▁developed ▁and ▁maintained ▁IT ▁systems ▁mainly ▁for ▁the ▁Union ▁Bank ▁of ▁Finland ▁( Su omen ▁Y hd ys p ank ki , ▁today ▁Nor de a ), ▁its ▁customers ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁forest ry ▁companies . ▁ ▁The ▁customer ▁base ▁of ▁the ▁company ▁grew ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁when ▁mini - comput ers ▁were ▁introduced ▁alongside ▁the ▁existing ▁main frame ▁computers . ▁Besides ▁main frame ▁computer ▁services ▁and ▁software , ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁IT ▁systems ▁was ▁also ▁central ▁to ▁the ▁operations ▁of ▁T iet ote hd as . ▁Custom ers ▁represented ▁several ▁indust ries ▁and ▁operations ▁were ▁organized ▁according ▁to