Gen Digital
Gen Digital Inc. (formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock) is a multinational software company co-headquartered in Tempe, Arizona and Prague, Czech Republic. The company provides cybersecurity software and services. Gen is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock-market index. The company also has development centers in Pune, Chennai and Bangalore. Its portfolio includes Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, and CCleaner.
Gen Digital co-headquarters in Tempe, Arizona | |
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| Company type | Public |
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | March 1, 1982 in Sunnyvale, California, U.S. |
| Founder | Gary Hendrix |
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Area served | Worldwide |
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| Products | Cybersecurity software |
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| Services | Computer security |
| Revenue | US$3.34 billion (2023) |
| US$1.23 billion (2023) | |
| US$1.35 billion (2023) | |
| Total assets | US$15.9 billion (2023) |
| Total equity | US$2.20 billion (2023) |
Number of employees | c. 3,700 (2023) |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references Financials as of March 31, 2023 | |
On October 9, 2014, Symantec declared it would split into two independent publicly traded companies by the end of 2015. One company would focus on security, the other on information management. On January 29, 2016, Symantec sold its information-management subsidiary, named Veritas Technologies, and which Symantec had acquired in 2004, to The Carlyle Group. On August 8, 2019, Broadcom Inc. announced they would be acquiring the Enterprise Security software division of Symantec for $10.7 billion. After the acquisition, Symantec became known as NortonLifeLock. After completing its merger with Avast in September 2022, the company adopted the name Gen Digital Inc.