Cisco

American multinational technology company
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Cisco was founded on January 1, 1984 . The organization is a Delaware corporation [1]. Its founders are Leonard Bosack and Sandra Lerner .

The company operates in the telecommunications industry [2][3]. Chuck Robbins serves as the CEO [4]. Cisco employs 67k people .

Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 17 annual filings
Revenue
$63.33B
▲ 11.8% YoY FY2026
Net Income
$13.27B
▲ 30.3% YoY FY2026
Assets
$129.64B
▲ 5.1% YoY FY2026
EPS (diluted)
$3.33
▲ 30.6% YoY FY2026
$0.00$17.41B$34.83B$52.24B$69.66B FY2010: $40.04B · NI $7.77B (19.4% margin)FY2011: $43.22B · NI $6.49B (15.0% margin)FY2012: $46.06B · NI $8.04B (17.5% margin)FY2013: $48.61B · NI $9.98B (20.5% margin)FY2014: $47.14B · NI $7.85B (16.7% margin)FY2015: $49.16B · NI $8.98B (18.3% margin)FY2016: $49.25B · NI $10.74B (21.8% margin)FY2017: $48.01B · NI $9.61B (20.0% margin)FY2018: $49.33B · NI $110.00M (0.2% margin)FY2019: $51.90B · NI $11.62B (22.4% margin)FY2020: $49.30B · NI $11.21B (22.7% margin)FY2021: $49.82B · NI $10.59B (21.3% margin)FY2022: $51.56B · NI $11.81B (22.9% margin)FY2023: $57.00B · NI $12.61B (22.1% margin)FY2024: $53.80B · NI $10.32B (19.2% margin)FY2025: $56.65B · NI $10.18B (18.0% margin)FY2026: $63.33B · NI $13.27B (21.0% margin) '10'12'14'16'18'20'22'24'26
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2026-07-25 · accession 0000858877-26-000132

Cisco

Summary

Cisco is a business[1]. Cisco ranks in the top 0.47% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,616 views/month, #139 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cisco was a member of Alliance for Open Media[3].
  • Cisco was a member of Linux Foundation[4].
  • Cisco was a member of World Wide Web Consortium[5].
  • Cisco was a member of Wi-Fi Alliance[6].
  • Cisco was a member of CVE Numbering Authority[7].
  • Cisco was a member of ANGA[8].
  • Cisco is in the country of United States[9].
  • Cisco's instance of is recorded as business[10].
  • Cisco's instance of is recorded as enterprise[11].
  • Cisco's instance of is recorded as public company[12].
  • Cisco's founder is recorded as Leonard Bosack[13].
  • Cisco's founder is recorded as Sandra Lerner[14].
  • Cisco is owned by The Vanguard Group[15].
  • Cisco is owned by BlackRock[16].
  • San Francisco is named after Cisco[17].
  • Cisco followed Riverhead Networks[18].
  • Cisco followed Hammerhead Networks[19].
  • Cisco followed Q141276755[20].
  • Cisco's headquarters location is recorded as San Jose[21].
  • Cisco's chief executive officer is recorded as Chuck Robbins[22].
  • Cisco's child organization or unit is recorded as Scientific Atlanta[23].
  • Cisco's child organization or unit is recorded as Cerent Corporation[24].
  • Cisco's child organization or unit is recorded as StrataCom[25].
  • Cisco's child organization or unit is recorded as NDS Group[26].
  • Cisco's child organization or unit is recorded as Tandberg[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 81560072D6D61EEDC581[28]

  • Registered legal name: Cisco Srl[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: IT[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): OV32[32]

  • Entity status: INACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: RETIRED[34]

  • LEI first registered: 2017-12-30[35]

  • LEI last updated: 2023-11-05[36]

  • LEI next renewal: 2018-12-30[37]

  • Managing LOU: 815600EAD78C57FCE690[38]

  • Registration authority: RA000407[39]

  • Authority entity ID: 04077170167[40]

  • Successor LEI: 815600FF0C8C2B3F0C62[41]

  • Conformity flag: NOT_APPLICABLE[42]

Body

Founding

Founders include Leonard Bosack[13] and Sandra Lerner[14]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1984[43] and 2021[44]. Cisco's location of formation is recorded as San Francisco[45].

Identity

Part of include Nasdaq-100[46], Dow Jones Industrial Average[47], S&P 500[48], Dow Jones Global Titans 50[49], and S&P 100[50]. Predecessors include Riverhead Networks[18], Hammerhead Networks[19], and Q141276755[20].

Leadership

Cisco's chief executive officer is recorded as Chuck Robbins[22]. Cisco's director / manager is recorded as John Chambers[51].

Operations

Cisco's headquarters location is recorded as San Jose[21]. Subsidiaries include Scientific Atlanta[23], a business[52], in United States[53], founded in 1951[54], headquartered in Lawrenceville[55]; Cerent Corporation[24], a business[56], founded in 1997[57]; StrataCom[25], a business[58], in United States[59], founded in 1986[60], headquartered in Cupertino[61]; NDS Group[26], a business[62], founded in 1989[63], headquartered in Staines-upon-Thames[64]; Tandberg[27], a business[65], in Norway[66], founded in 1979[67], headquartered in Lysaker[68]; and Webex by Cisco[69], a business[70], in United States[71], founded in 1995[72], headquartered in Milpitas[73].

Industry

Industries include telecommunications[74], networking hardware[75], and Infrastructure Platform[76].

Ownership

Owners include The Vanguard Group[15], a business[77], in United States[78], founded in 1975[79], headquartered in Malvern[80] and BlackRock[16], a company[81], in United States[82], founded in 1988[83], headquartered in New York City[84]. Stock exchanges include Nasdaq[85] and Hong Kong Stock Exchange[86]. Products include router[87], network switch[88], wireless access point[89], set-top box[90], cable modem[91], and cable modem termination system[92].

Why It Matters

Cisco ranks in the top 0.47% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,616 views/month, #139 of 29,529).[2] Cisco has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[93] Cisco is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[94]

Cisco has been cited as an influence by Abiquo[95], a software[96], in United Kingdom[97], founded in 2006[98], headquartered in Barcelona[99].

Cisco is credited with the discovery of Hot Standby Router Protocol[100], a communication protocol[101].

FAQs

Who did Cisco influence?

Cisco has been cited as an influence by Abiquo[95].

What did Cisco discover?

Cisco is credited as discoverer of Hot Standby Router Protocol[100].

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legal form → Delaware corporation
    Follows → Riverhead Networks, Hammerhead Networks, Q141276755
    Legal entity identifier → 549300LKFJ962MZ46593
    Gnd id → 5302262-2
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 29d ago · Jklamo · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1984-01-01T00:00:00Z, +2021-00-00T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P571]]: 2021"
  3. 9w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/cisco-syste
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P973]]: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Cisco_Systems,_Inc., migrated to ‎[[P:P14350|P14350]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/752f6a15b80|details]])"
  4. 9w ago · NMaia · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Consumer rights wiki article id → 2989
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14350]]: 2989, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/297028656|Cisco Systems, Inc. (#297028656)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8142|‎Consumer Righ"
  5. 15w ago · DeltaBot bot · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Q139862443
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  6. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → k0006796-Cisco-Systems-Inc
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: k0006796-Cisco-Systems-Inc, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  7. 18w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Employees → {'amount': '+66639'}, {'amount': '+75900'}, {'amount': '+77500'} +2
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  8. 20w ago · SBCornelius · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Industry → telecommunications, networking hardware, Infrastructure Platform
    Total assets → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+104900000000'}, {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+113373000000'}, {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+121652000000'} +9
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2226]]: 393,380,000,000 United States dollar"
  9. 21w ago · SBCornelius · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Board member → M. Michele Burns, Wesley Bush, Michael David Capellas +10
    Revenue → —
    Country → United States
    Stock exchange → —
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P452]]: [[Q1546066]]"
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