MySQL AB

Swedish company
Organization software_company Q1000428
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MySQL AB was an organization headquartered in Uppsala , founded by Michael Widenius and David Axmark . It operated within the software industry and produced the MySQL software product . The company employed 400 people .

MySQL AB

Summary

MySQL AB is a software company[1]. It draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (software_company category, ranking #61 of 244).[2]

Key Facts

  • MySQL AB is in the country of Sweden[3].
  • MySQL AB's instance of is recorded as software company[4].
  • MySQL AB's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • MySQL AB's founder is recorded as Michael Widenius[6].
  • MySQL AB's founder is recorded as David Axmark[7].
  • MySQL AB's owned by is recorded as Oracle America[8].
  • MySQL AB's headquarters location is recorded as Uppsala[9].
  • MySQL AB's headquarters location is recorded as Solna Municipality[10].
  • MySQL AB's chief executive officer is recorded as Mårten Mickos[11].
  • MySQL AB's ISNI is recorded as 0000000085533527[12].
  • MySQL AB's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 123562054[13].
  • MySQL AB's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr2002031282[14].
  • MySQL AB's IdRef ID is recorded as 069285209[15].
  • MySQL AB's industry is recorded as software industry[16].
  • +2001-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of MySQL AB[17].
  • MySQL AB's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0297wy[18].
  • MySQL AB's parent organization or unit is recorded as Sun Microsystems[19].
  • MySQL AB's official website is recorded as http://www.mysql.com/[20].
  • MySQL AB's product or material produced is recorded as Q850[21].
  • MySQL AB's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+400'}[22].
  • MySQL AB's OpenCorporates ID is recorded as se/556613-4531[23].
  • MySQL AB's legal form is recorded as aktiebolag[24].
  • MySQL AB's Crunchbase organization ID is recorded as mysql[25].
  • MySQL AB's Quora topic ID is recorded as MySQL-AB[26].
  • MySQL AB's Swedish Organization Number is recorded as 556613-4531[27].

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Founding

Founders include Michael Widenius[6] and David Axmark[7]. +2001-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of MySQL AB[17].

Leadership

MySQL AB's chief executive officer is recorded as Mårten Mickos[11].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Uppsala[9], an urban area in Sweden[28], in Sweden[29] and Solna Municipality[10], a municipality of Sweden[30], in Sweden[31], founded in 1971[32]. MySQL AB's parent organization or unit is recorded as Sun Microsystems[19].

Industry

MySQL AB's industry is recorded as software industry[16].

Ownership

MySQL AB's owned by is recorded as Oracle America[8]. Its product or material produced is recorded as Q850[21].

Why It Matters

MySQL AB draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (software_company category, ranking #61 of 244).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

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  24. [26] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

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

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  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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