Famous Software Engineer Companies

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft's best-known software products are the Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft 365 suite of productivity applications, and the Edge web browser

  • Founders: Bill Gates, Paul Allen
  • Headquarters: Redmond, Washington, United States
  • Founded: April 4, 1975, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
  • CFO: Amy Hood
  • Number of employees: 238,000 (2023)
  • Chairperson: Satya Nadella (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer)
  • Net income: 73.4 billion USD (2023)

Google

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company focusing on artificial intelligence, online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, and consumer electronics.

  • CEO: Sundar Pichai (Oct 2, 2015–)
  • CMO: Lorraine Twohill
  • Area served: International
  • Founders: Larry Page, Sergey Brin
  • Parent organization: Alphabet Inc.
  • Subsidiaries: YouTube, Fitbit, Firebase, Google AI, Google Japan, MORE
  • Founded: September 4, 1998, Menlo Park, California, United States

Meta

Meta Platforms, Inc., doing business as Meta, and formerly named Facebook, Inc., and TheFacebook, Inc., is an American multinational technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, California. The company owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, among other products and services

  • Founders: Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes
  • CEO: Mark Zuckerberg (Jul 2004–)
  • Headquarters: Menlo Park, California, United States
  • CTO: Andrew Bosworth
  • Subsidiaries: WhatsApp, Reality Labs, Meta Platforms Ireland, MORE
  • Founded: February 2004, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Oracle

Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States. In 2020, Oracle was the third-largest software company in the world by revenue and market capitalization. The company sells database software and cloud computing.

  • Founders: Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, Ed Oates
  • Headquarters: Austin, Texas, United States
  • CEO: Safra Catz (Sep 2014–)
  • CIO: Jae Evans
  • CTO: Larry Ellison
  • Subsidiaries: Cerner Corporation, Aconex, MORE

Apple

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley. It designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services.

  • Founders: Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne
  • Headquarters: Cupertino, California, United States
  • CEO: Tim Cook (Aug 24, 2011–)
  • Founded: April 1, 1976, Los Altos, California, United States
  • COO: Jeff Williams

Adobe

Adobe Inc., formerly Adobe Systems Incorporated, is an American multinational computer software company incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in San Jose, California.

  • Headquarters: San Jose, California, United States
  • Founders: John Warnock, Charles Geschke
  • CEO: Shantanu Narayen (Dec 1, 2007–)
  • Founded: December 1982, Mountain View, California, United States
  • Formerly: Adobe Systems Incorporated (1982–2018)
  • Number of employees: 29,239 (As of December 2, 2022)

NetApp

NetApp, Inc. is an intelligent data infrastructure company that provides unified data storage, integrated data services, and cloud operations solutions to enterprise customers. The company is based in San Jose, California. It has ranked in the Fortune 500 from 2012 to 2021.

  • CEO: George Kurian (Jun 2015–)
  • Headquarters: San Jose, California, United States
  • Founders: James Lau, Michael Malcolm, David Hitz
  • Subsidiaries: Spotinst LTD., Instaclustr Pty Ltd., SolidFire, LLC, MORE
  • Revenue: 6.36 billion USD (2023)
  • Founded: 1992
  • Number of employees: c. 12,000 (2023)

Procore Technologies

Procore Technologies is an American construction management software as a service company founded in 2002, with headquarters in Carpinteria, California.


  • Headquarters: Carpinteria, California, United States
  • CEO: Tooey Courtemanche (2003–)
  • Founded: 2002
  • Number of employees: 2,000+ (2021)
  • Traded as: NYSE: PCOR; Russell 1000 component