Symantec

Symantec Corporation is an American software company that has its headquarters in Mountain View, California in the United States. They provide cyber security services and software. The company is on the Fortune 500 list and is also publicly traded on the S&P 500 stock market index. They have over 12,500 employees as of 2017, and Symantec's employees fill positions including principal software engineers, public affairs workers, security engineers, marketing strategy directors, security consultants, program managers, project managers and data privacy, territory account managers, software developers, and field system engineers.

The company was founded in 1982 by Gary Hendrix after he received a National Science Foundation grant. Originally, Hendrix was focused on creating artificial intelligence and projects related to that including database work. Symantec primarily provided cyber security software and services. They have developed one of the most popular cyber security solutions for removing spyware, viruses, Trojan horses, and various other malware from computers, and they often partner with major software developers such as Microsoft and Apple in order to bundle these services with existing operating systems.

Symantec has locations in more than 50 countries around the world and has team members working in all those countries. Many of their locations are within the United States, but they also have an large worldwide presence that is often higher in other countries. They are also a publicly traded company that reported total revenue of $4.83 billion during the 2017 fiscal year and a total revenue per share of $7.79.