Akamai Technologies

Summary

Akamai Technologies is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (711 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Akamai Technologies was a member of World Wide Web Consortium^[3].
• Akamai Technologies was a member of Business Software Alliance^[4].
• Akamai Technologies is in the country of United States^[5].
• Akamai Technologies's image is recorded as Akamaiheadquarters.jpg^[6].
• Akamai Technologies's instance of is recorded as business^[7].
• Akamai Technologies's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[8].
• Akamai Technologies's instance of is recorded as public company^[9].
• Akamai Technologies's instance of is recorded as content delivery network^[10].
• Akamai Technologies's founder is recorded as F. Thomson Leighton^[11].
• Akamai Technologies's founder is recorded as Daniel Lewin^[12].
• Akamai Technologies's founder is recorded as Randall Kaplan^[13].
• Akamai Technologies's owned by is recorded as Capital Group Companies^[14].
• Akamai Technologies's owned by is recorded as The Vanguard Group^[15].
• Akamai Technologies's logo image is recorded as Akamai-2025.svg^[16].
• Akamai Technologies's headquarters location is recorded as Cambridge^[17].
• Akamai Technologies's headquarters location is recorded as Massachusetts^[18].
• Akamai Technologies's chief executive officer is recorded as F. Thomson Leighton^[19].
• Akamai Technologies's ISNI is recorded as 0000000463624072^[20].
• Akamai Technologies's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 143294468^[21].
• Akamai Technologies's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2008024493^[22].
• Akamai Technologies's child organization or unit is recorded as Prolexic Technologies^[23].
• Akamai Technologies's part of is recorded as S&P 500^[24].
• Akamai Technologies's Commons category is recorded as Akamai^[25].
• Akamai Technologies's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq^[26].
• Akamai Technologies's industry is recorded as Internet industry^[27].

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Founding

Founders include F. Thomson Leighton^[11], Daniel Lewin^[12], and Randall Kaplan^[13]. +1998-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Akamai Technologies^[28].

Identity

Akamai Technologies's part of is recorded as S&P 500^[24].

Leadership

Akamai Technologies's chief executive officer is recorded as F. Thomson Leighton^[19]. Board members include Sharon Y. Bowen^[29]; Marianne C. Brown^[30]; Monte E. Ford^[31], a business executive^[32]; Daniel Hesse^[33], a businessperson^[34], b. 1953^[35], of United States^[36]; Peter Thomas Killalea^[37]; and F. Thomson Leighton^[38], a computer scientist^[39], b. 1956^[40], of United States^[41], awarded the National Inventors Hall of Fame^[42], specialised in applied mathematics^[43].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Cambridge^[17], a city in the United States^[44], in United States^[45], founded in 1630^[46] and Massachusetts^[18], an U.S. state^[47], in United States^[48], founded in 1788^[49], headquartered in Boston^[50]. Akamai Technologies's child organization or unit is recorded as Prolexic Technologies^[23].

Industry

Industries include Internet industry^[27] and web hosting service^[51].

Ownership

Owners include Capital Group Companies^[14], a business^[52], in United States^[53], founded in 1931^[54], headquartered in Los Angeles^[55] and The Vanguard Group^[15], a business^[56], in United States^[57], founded in 1975^[58], headquartered in Malvern^[59]. Akamai Technologies's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq^[26].

Why It Matters

Akamai Technologies ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (711 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[60] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[61]