MySQL AB

MySQL AB was a Swedish software company founded in 1995. It was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2008, Sun was in turn acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2010. MySQL AB is the creator of MySQL, a relational database management system, as well as related products such as MySQL Cluster. The company was dually headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden, and Cupertino, California, with offices in other countries (France (Paris), Germany (Munich), Ireland (Dublin), Italy (Milan), and Japan (Tokyo)).

MySQL AB
Company typePrivate company
IndustryComputer software
GenreDatabase software
Founded1995
FounderMichael Widenius, David Axmark and Allan Larsson
Defunct2008
FateAcquired by Sun Microsystems
SuccessorOracle Corporation
Headquarters
Uppsala, Sweden and Cupertino, California, U.S.
Key people
  • Mårten Mickos, CEO
  • Dennis Wolf CFO and EVP
  • Mark C. Burton, EVP Sales
  • Zack Urlocker, EVP Products
  • Kaj Arnö, VP Open Source Community Relations
  • Ulf Sandberg, SVP Worldwide Services
  • Clint Smith, VP General Counsel
  • Larry Stefonic, SVP Asia Pacific
  • Kevin Harvey, Chairman
  • Allan Larsson
ProductsMySQL, MySQL Cluster
Number of employees
400
Websitewww.mysql.com

MySQL AB had 400 employees in 25 countries, and Open-source model companies. Around 70% of the employees were remote workers.

Together with Linux, Apache, and PHP, the MySQL Server forms one of the building blocks of the LAMP technology stack. The company claimed over 5 million MySQL installations and over 10 million product downloads in 2004.

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