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Gen Digital Inc. is an active operating company incorporated in Delaware, United States. Established in 1982, the organization is classified in the prepackaged software services industry. It is listed on the Nasdaq exchange under the tickers GEN and GENVR. The company’s legal jurisdiction is US-DE, with a city location recorded as Tempe. Historical records also associate the entity with Mountain View, United States, under the name NortonLifeLock.
The organization reports a total revenue of 2,559,000,000 and total assets of 18,174,000,000. Its financial records indicate a net profit of 3,887,000,000, alongside other reported figures including 31,000,000, 1,138,000,000, and -106,000,000. Operating income has varied, with reported amounts of 355,000,000, 158,000,000, -154,000,000, and -152,000,000. The company employs 3,659 people and maintains a total equity of 5,738,000,000.
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Key facts
- Formerly
- Symantec Corporation (1982–2019) NortonLifeLock Inc. (2019–2022)
- Company type
- Public
- Traded as
- Nasdaq : GEN S&P 500 component
- Industry
- Software
- Founded
- March 1, 1982 ; 44 years ago ( 1982-03-01 ) in Sunnyvale, California , U.S.
- Founder
- Gary Hendrix
- Headquarters
- Tempe , Arizona , U.S. Prague , Czech Republic
- Area served
- Worldwide
- Key people
- Frank E. Dangeard ( chairman ) Vincent Pilette ( CEO )
- Products
- Software
- Brands
- Norton Avast LifeLock Avira AVG ReputationDefender CCleaner
- Revenue
- US$ 5.00 billion (2026)
- Operating income
- US$2.12 billion (2026)
- Net income
- US$973 million (2026)
- Total assets
- US$15.6 billion (2026)
- Total equity
- US$2.61 billion (2026)
- Owner
- Pavel Baudiš (8.1%)
- Number of employees
- c. 3,900 (2026)
via Wikipedia infobox
Company
GEN, GENVR- Industry
- Services-Prepackaged Software
- Exchange
- Nasdaq, Nasdaq
- State of incorporation
- DE
- Entity type
- operating
- Fiscal year end
- Mar 28
- Jurisdiction
- US-DE
- Headquarters
- TEMPE, US
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company, Funder
- Founded
- 1982
- Location
- Mountain View, United States
- Also known as
- Symantec
- Status
- Inactive
GRID grid.467601.2 · ISNI 0000 0001 0306 6927
Official website
Powering Digital Freedom for people everywhere | Gen™
Gen is a global leader in cybersecurity. Explore our trusted consumer brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, MoneyLion, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, and CCleaner.
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Explore the history, profile and timeline of Symantec Corporation.
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Encyclopedic overview
Gen Digital Inc. (formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock Inc.) is a multinational software company co-headquartered in both Tempe, Arizona (USA) and Prague, Czech Republic (EU). The company provides cybersecurity software, financial technology, and services. Gen is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock-market index. It is listed at both NASDAQ and Prague Stock Exchange. Its portfolio includes Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, MoneyLion and CCleaner.
On October 9, 2014, Symantec declared it would split into two independent publicly traded companies by the end of 2015. One company would focus on security, the other on information management. On January 29, 2016, Symantec sold its information-management subsidiary, named Veritas, and which Symantec had acquired in 2004, to The Carlyle Group. On August 8, 2019, Broadcom announced they would be acquiring the Enterprise Security software division of Symantec for $10.7 billion. After the acquisition, Symantec became known as NortonLifeLock. After completing its merger with Avast in September 2022, the company adopted the name Gen Digital.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gen Digital” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.