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For the mainframe software company founded in the 1980s, see VM Software.
This article is about the company. For the paid hypervisor, see VMware Workstation. For the free hypervisor, see VMware Workstation Player.
VMware LLC is an American cloud computing and virtualization technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California.[2] VMware was the first commercially successful company to virtualize the x86 architecture.[3]
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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NYSE: VMW (2007–2023) | |
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Founded | February 10, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-02-10) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
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Fate | Acquired by Broadcom |
Headquarters | Stanford Research Park Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
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Services | Virtualization software, SaaS, Cloud |
Revenue | US$13.4 billion (2023) |
US$2.02 billion (2023) | |
US$1.31 billion (2023) | |
Total assets | US$31.2 billion (2023) |
Total equity | US$1.53 billion (2023) |
Number of employees | 38,300 (2023) |
Parent | Broadcom |
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Website | vmware.com |
Footnotes / references Financials as of February 3, 2023[update][1] |
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VMware's desktop software runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS. VMware ESXi, its enterprise software hypervisor, is an operating system[4] that runs on server hardware.[5]
On November 22, 2023, Broadcom Inc. acquired VMware in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at US$69 billion,[6] with the End-User Computing (UEC) Division of VMware then sold to KKR. Since the acquisition, more than 30% of VMware's employees have been terminated.