Symantec is the largest maker of security software, and the seventh largest software company in the world. Symantec Corporation was founded in 1982 by Gary Hendrix with a National Science Foundation grant. Symantec was originally focused on artificial intelligence-related projects, including a database program. Hendrix hired several Stanford University natural language processing researchers as the company's first employees. In 1984 Symantec was acquired by another, even smaller computer software startup company, C&E Software, founded by Denis Coleman and Gordon Eubanks and headed by Eubanks. The merged company retained the name Symantec, and Eubanks became its chief executive officer. Its first product, Q&A, was released in 1985. Q&A provided database management and bundled a word processor. In August of 1990, Symantec purchased Peter Norton Computing a developer of various applications for DOS. Symantec's consumer antivirus and data management utilities are still marketed under Peter Norton's name. (via Wikipedia)
Stock Symbol (NASDAQ):
SYMC
Operating Income:
USD (2009) 1080% from 2008
Country:
U.S.
City:
Mountain View, California
Net Income:
USD (2009) 1551% from 2008
Region:
North America
Founded:
Sunnyvale, California, U.S. ()
Founder:
Denis Coleman
Gordon Eubanks
Products:
Antivirus software
Type:
Public (NASDAQ: SYMC)
No. of Employees:
17,500 (2007)
Key People:
John W. Thompson
Greg Hughes,
Enrique T. Salem
James Beer
David Thompson
Mark Bregman
Revenue:
USD 6.149 billion (2009), 5% from 2008
Industry:
Computer Software
Assets:
USD 10.645 billion at 2009-04-03 41% from 2008
Equity:
USD 3.947 billion at 2009-04-03 64% from 2008
Name:
Symantec Corporation
Website:
Symantec.com
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