Red Hat

Summary

Red Hat is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,164 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Red Hat was a member of Linux Foundation^[3].
• Red Hat was a member of European Committee for Interoperable Systems^[4].
• Red Hat was a member of CVE Numbering Authority^[5].
• Red Hat was a member of Bytecode Alliance^[6].
• Red Hat was a member of Node.js Foundation^[7].
• Red Hat was a member of OpenJS Foundation^[8].
• Red Hat is in the country of United States^[9].
• Red Hat is in the country of SE^[10].
• Red Hat's instance of is recorded as business^[11].
• Red Hat's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[12].
• Red Hat's instance of is recorded as public company^[13].
• Red Hat's founder is recorded as Bob Young^[14].
• Red Hat's founder is recorded as Marc Ewing^[15].
• Red Hat followed Cygnus Solutions^[16].
• Red Hat followed ArsDigita^[17].
• Red Hat followed JBoss^[18].
• Red Hat followed C2Net^[19].
• Red Hat followed Sistina Software^[20].
• Red Hat followed Container Linux^[21].
• Red Hat's headquarters location is recorded as Raleigh^[22].
• Red Hat's chief executive officer is recorded as Matt Hicks^[23].
• Red Hat's child organization or unit is recorded as Red Hat (United Kingdom)^[24].
• Red Hat's child organization or unit is recorded as Red Hat (Israel)^[25].
• Red Hat's child organization or unit is recorded as Red Hat Germany^[26].
• Red Hat's child organization or unit is recorded as Red Hat Czech^[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Bob Young^[14] and Marc Ewing^[15]. March 27, 1993 marks the founding of Red Hat^[28].

Identity

Red Hat is part of S&P 500^[29]. Predecessors include Cygnus Solutions^[16], ArsDigita^[17], JBoss^[18], C2Net^[19], Sistina Software^[20], and Container Linux^[21].

Leadership

Red Hat's chief executive officer is recorded as Matt Hicks^[23].

Operations

Red Hat's headquarters location is recorded as Raleigh^[22]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as IBM^[30]. Subsidiaries include it (United Kingdom)^[24]; it (Israel)^[25]; Red Hat Germany^[26]; Red Hat Czech^[27], a business^[31], in Czech Republic^[32], founded in 2006^[33], headquartered in Brno^[34]; and StackRox^[35].

Industry

Red Hat's industry is recorded as software industry^[36].

Ownership

Products include software^[37], Fedora Linux^[38], Q215273^[39], 389 Directory Server^[40], and WildFly^[41].

Why It Matters

Red Hat ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,164 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Works attributed to it include OpenShift^[44], a free software^[45], founded in 2011^[46].