Eric Hahn, former CTO of Netscape, founded the company in 2002. It has since grown to more than 3,600 employees serving over 8,000 enterprises worldwide. The company went public in 2012. In 2020 it generated more than $1 billion in revenue, making it the first SaaS-based cybersecurity and compliance company to meet that milestone.
In 2021 Proofpoint was acquired by Thoma Bravo, a leading private ... moreEric Hahn, former CTO of Netscape, founded the company in 2002. It has since grown to more than 3,600 employees serving over 8,000 enterprises worldwide. The company went public in 2012. In 2020 it generated more than $1 billion in revenue, making it the first SaaS-based cybersecurity and compliance company to meet that milestone.
In 2021 Proofpoint was acquired by Thoma Bravo, a leading private equity software investing firm, in a transaction that valued Proofpoint at $12.3 billion. This is the largest go-private software deal in history.
Today, Proofpoint is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. We have additional offices in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom, and the United States (California, Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah). less
