Akamai Technologies

American content delivery network, cybersecurity, and cloud service company
Organization business Q415598
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 11 annual filings
Revenue
$2.50B
▲ 7.0% YoY FY2017
Net Income
$452.03M
▼ 10.5% YoY FY2025
Assets
$11.48B
▲ 10.7% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$3.07
▼ 6.1% YoY FY2025
$0.00$688.32M$1.38B$2.06B$2.75B FY2007: $636.41M · NI $100.97M (15.9% margin)FY2008: $790.92M · NI $145.14M (18.4% margin)FY2009: $859.77M · NI $145.91M (17.0% margin)FY2010: $1.02B · NI $171.22M (16.7% margin)FY2011: $1.16B · NI $200.90M (17.3% margin)FY2012: $1.37B · NI $203.99M (14.8% margin)FY2013: $1.58B · NI $293.49M (18.6% margin)FY2014: $1.96B · NI $333.95M (17.0% margin)FY2015: $2.20B · NI $321.41M (14.6% margin)FY2016: $2.34B · NI $320.73M (13.7% margin)FY2017: $2.50B · NI $222.77M (8.9% margin) '07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2017-12-31 · accession 0001086222-18-000052

Summary

Akamai Technologies is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37,854 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 is in the country of GB[6].
  • Akamai Technologies is in the country of US[7].
  • Akamai Technologies's instance of is recorded as business[8].
  • Akamai Technologies's instance of is recorded as enterprise[9].
  • Akamai Technologies's instance of is recorded as public company[10].
  • Akamai Technologies's instance of is recorded as content delivery network[11].
  • Akamai Technologies's founder is recorded as F. Thomson Leighton[12].
  • Akamai Technologies's founder is recorded as Daniel Lewin[13].
  • Akamai Technologies's founder is recorded as Randall Kaplan[14].
  • Akamai Technologies is owned by Capital Group Companies[15].
  • Akamai Technologies is owned by The Vanguard Group[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 child organization or unit is recorded as Prolexic Technologies[20].
  • Akamai Technologies is part of S&P 500[21].
  • Akamai Technologies's Commons category is recorded as Akamai[22].
  • Akamai Technologies's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[23].
  • Akamai Technologies's industry is recorded as Internet industry[24].
  • Akamai Technologies's industry is recorded as web hosting service[25].
  • January 1, 1998 marks the founding of Akamai Technologies[26].
  • 2000-02-03 marks the founding of Akamai Technologies[27].

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Founding

Founders include F. Thomson Leighton[12], Daniel Lewin[13], and Randall Kaplan[14]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1998[26], 2000-02-03[27], and 1998-08-20[28].

Identity

Akamai Technologies is part of S&P 500[21].

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[20].

Industry

Industries include Internet industry[24] and web hosting service[25].

Ownership

Owners include Capital Group Companies[15], a business[51], in United States[52], founded in 1931[53], headquartered in Los Angeles[54] and The Vanguard Group[16], a business[55], in United States[56], founded in 1975[57], headquartered in Malvern[58]. Akamai Technologies's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[23].

Why It Matters

Akamai Technologies ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37,854 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

References

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  32. [38] ↑ . proxy statement. sec.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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