Aldus

software company
Organization business Q1339044
Aldus
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Aldus

Summary

Aldus is a business[1]. Aldus ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (182 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Aldus is in the country of United States[3].
  • Aldus is in the country of AU[4].
  • Aldus's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Aldus's founder is recorded as Paul Brainerd[6].
  • Aldus Manutius is named after Aldus[7].
  • Aldus was followed by Adobe[8].
  • Aldus's headquarters location is recorded as Seattle[9].
  • Aldus's child organization or unit is recorded as Silicon Beach Software[10].
  • Aldus's industry is recorded as software industry[11].
  • Aldus's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • February 1, 1984 marks the founding of Aldus[13].
  • 1998-11-25 marks the founding of Aldus[14].
  • Aldus was dissolved in November 1994[15].
  • Aldus's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/aldus-corporation-history/[16].
  • Aldus's product or material produced is recorded as software[17].
  • Aldus's replaced by is recorded as Adobe[18].
  • Aldus's legal form is recorded as TXVC[19].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 254900OA4NN460X5HU32[20]

  • Registered legal name: Aldus Pty Ltd[21]

  • Legal jurisdiction: AU[22]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[23]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): TXVC[24]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[25]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[26]

  • Entity created: 1998-11-25[27]

  • LEI first registered: 2021-12-01[28]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-03-28[29]

  • LEI next renewal: 2025-03-28[30]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[31]

  • Registration authority: RA000014[32]

  • Authority entity ID: 085 318 494[33]

  • Other names: Aldus-Tronics Pty LTD, Aldus Engineering Pty LTD, E - Toll Pty Limited[34]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[35]

Body

Founding

Aldus's founder is recorded as Paul Brainerd[6]. Recorded inception include February 1, 1984[13] and 1998-11-25[14].

Identity

Aldus was followed by Adobe[8].

Operations

Aldus's headquarters location is recorded as Seattle[9]. Aldus's child organization or unit is recorded as Silicon Beach Software[10].

Industry

Aldus's industry is recorded as software industry[11].

Ownership

Aldus's product or material produced is recorded as software[17].

Dissolution

Aldus was dissolved in November 1994[15].

Why It Matters

Aldus ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (182 views/month).[2] Aldus has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Aldus is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . crunchbase.com. Retrieved . crunchbase.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . crunchbase.com. Retrieved . crunchbase.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . crunchbase.com. Retrieved . crunchbase.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . crunchbase.com. Retrieved . crunchbase.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [21] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [22] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [23] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [24] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [25] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [26] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [27] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [29] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [30] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [31] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [32] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [33] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [34] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [35] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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