Red Hat

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Red Hat, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryComputer software
PredecessorContainer Linux
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Founded1993; 31 years ago (1993)[1]
FounderBob Young
Marc Ewing
Headquarters,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Paul Cormier (President and CEO)[2]
Products
RevenueIncrease US$3.4 billion (2018)[4]
Increase US$512 million (2018)[5]
Increase US$434 million (2018)[4]
Total assetsIncrease US$5.588 billion (2018)[4]
Total equityIncrease US$1.613 billion (2018)[4]
Number of employees
13,400 (as of February 28, 2019)[6]
ParentIBM
Subsidiaries
  • Red Hat Czech
  • Red Hat India
Websiteredhat.com

Red Hat, Inc. is an American software company. It makes open source software products. The company was founded in 1993. Red Hat has its headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, with other offices worldwide.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Finance.yahoo.com". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  2. "Paul Cormier - Red Hat". Archived from the original on April 6, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  3. "Red Hat Insights". www.redhat.com.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "SEC filing FY 2019 | Financial Information". www.sec.gov. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  5. "Investor Relations | Financial Information". redhat.com. Archived from the original on July 28, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  6. "Investor FAQs". Red Hat. How many employees do you have?. Archived from the original on June 26, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2022.

Other websites[change | change source]

  • Official website
  • Red Hat companies grouped at OpenCorporates
  • Red Hat contributions