Home › Entities › business › VMware

VMware

for-profit maker of virtualization software, acquired by Broadcom Inc. in 2023
Organization business Q11407
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

VMware was founded on January 1, 1998, by Diane Greene and Mendel Rosenblum [1]. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto [2]. Its product lineup includes VMware vSphere, VMware Fusion, VMware ESXi, VMware ThinApp, VMware Workstation Player, and Omnissa Horizon . As of 2019, VMware had 24,000 employees [3].

Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 15 annual filings
Revenue
$13.35B
▲ 3.9% YoY FY2023
Net Income
$1.31B
▼ 27.8% YoY FY2023
Assets
$31.24B
▲ 8.9% YoY FY2023
EPS (diluted)
$3.09
▼ 28.3% YoY FY2023
$0.00$3.67B$7.34B$11.01B$14.69B FY2008: $1.88B · NI $290.13M (15.4% margin)FY2009: $2.02B · NI $197.10M (9.7% margin)FY2010: $2.86B · NI $357.44M (12.5% margin)FY2011: $3.77B · NI $724.00M (19.2% margin)FY2012: $4.61B · NI $746.00M (16.2% margin)FY2013: $5.21B · NI $1.01B (19.5% margin)FY2014: $6.04B · NI $886.00M (14.7% margin)FY2015: $6.57B · NI $997.00M (15.2% margin)FY2016: $7.07B · NI $1.22B (17.3% margin)FY2018: $8.34B · NI $437.00M (5.2% margin)FY2019: $9.61B · NI $1.65B (17.2% margin)FY2020: $10.81B · NI $6.41B (59.3% margin)FY2021: $11.77B · NI $2.06B (17.5% margin)FY2022: $12.85B · NI $1.82B (14.2% margin)FY2023: $13.35B · NI $1.31B (9.8% margin) '08'10'12'14'16'19'21'23
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2023-02-03 · accession 0001124610-23-000015

VMware

Summary

VMware is a business[1]. VMware ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (958 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • VMware was a member of Linux Foundation[3].
  • VMware was a member of CVE Numbering Authority[4].
  • VMware was a member of FIDO Alliance[5].
  • VMware was a member of OpenID Foundation[6].
  • VMware was a member of Khronos Group[7].
  • VMware is in the country of United States[8].
  • VMware's image is recorded as VMware HQ campus 3401 Hillview entrance.JPG[9].
  • VMware's instance of is recorded as business[10].
  • VMware's instance of is recorded as enterprise[11].
  • VMware's founder is recorded as Diane Greene[12].
  • VMware's founder is recorded as Mendel Rosenblum[13].
  • VMware's logo image is recorded as VMware logo.svg[14].
  • VMware's logo image is recorded as Vmware-by-broadcom.svg[15].
  • VMware's headquarters location is recorded as Palo Alto[16].
  • VMware's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 259761774[17].
  • VMware's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01145763[18].
  • VMware's Commons category is recorded as VMware[19].
  • VMware's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[20].
  • VMware's industry is recorded as software industry[21].
  • +1998-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of VMware[22].
  • VMware's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01t9k5[23].
  • VMware's parent organization or unit is recorded as Broadcom[24].
  • VMware's significant event is recorded as takeover[25].
  • VMware's significant event is recorded as takeover[26].
  • VMware's official website is recorded as https://www.vmware.com/[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Diane Greene[12] and Mendel Rosenblum[13]. +1998-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of VMware[22].

Operations

VMware's headquarters location is recorded as Palo Alto[16]. VMware's parent organization or unit is recorded as Broadcom[24].

Industry

VMware's industry is recorded as software industry[21].

Ownership

VMware's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[20]. Products include VMware vSphere[28], VMware Fusion[29], VMware ESXi[30], VMware ThinApp[31], VMware Workstation Player[32], and vCenter[33].

Why It Matters

VMware ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (958 views/month).[2] VMware has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] VMware is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

VMware has been cited as an influence by Abiquo[36], a software[37], in United Kingdom[38], founded in 2006[39], headquartered in Barcelona[40].

FAQs

Who did VMware influence?

VMware has been cited as an influence by Abiquo[36].

Related Entities

Ben Pfaff Brian Paul Broadcom business Carl A. Waldspurger Dahlia Malkhi Diane Greene Jeremy Andrew Stribling Mendel Rosenblum New York Stock Exchange Paul Pedersen Sujata Banerjee United States Virtual Machine Disk VMware ESXi VMware VMFS Yongshao Ruan

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . awards.acm.org. Retrieved . awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . The Gazette. daily.gazette.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . linuxfoundation.org. Retrieved . linuxfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [4] ↑ . cve.mitre.org. Retrieved . cve.mitre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [5] ↑ . fidoalliance.org. Retrieved . fidoalliance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [6] ↑ . openid.net. Retrieved . openid.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [7] ↑ . khronos.org. Retrieved . khronos.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . investors.broadcom.com. Retrieved . investors.broadcom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). VMware. Retrieved April 19, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/vmware
MLA “VMware.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 19 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/vmware.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vmware_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{VMware}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vmware}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-19}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): VMware — https://4ort.xyz/entity/vmware (retrieved 2026-04-19)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/vmware · Last refreshed: