Red Hat

Summary

Red Hat is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (880 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Red Hat was a member of Linux Foundation^[3].
• Red Hat was a member of European Committee for Interoperable Systems^[4].
• Red Hat was a member of CVE Numbering Authority^[5].
• Red Hat was a member of Bytecode Alliance^[6].
• Red Hat was a member of Node.js Foundation^[7].
• Red Hat was a member of OpenJS Foundation^[8].
• Red Hat is in the country of United States^[9].
• Red Hat is in the country of SE^[10].
• Red Hat is in the country of US^[11].
• Red Hat is in the country of IE^[12].
• Red Hat is in the country of JP^[13].
• Red Hat's instance of is recorded as business^[14].
• Red Hat's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[15].
• Red Hat's instance of is recorded as public company^[16].
• Red Hat's founder is recorded as Bob Young^[17].
• Red Hat's founder is recorded as Marc Ewing^[18].
• Red Hat followed Cygnus Solutions^[19].
• Red Hat followed ArsDigita^[20].
• Red Hat followed JBoss^[21].
• Red Hat followed C2Net^[22].
• Red Hat followed Sistina Software^[23].
• Red Hat followed Container Linux^[24].
• Red Hat's headquarters location is recorded as Raleigh^[25].
• Red Hat's chief executive officer is recorded as Matt Hicks^[26].
• Red Hat's child organization or unit is recorded as Red Hat (United Kingdom)^[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Bob Young^[17] and Marc Ewing^[18]. Recorded inception include March 27, 1993^[28], 1998-09-17^[29], and 1999-04-08^[30].

Identity

Red Hat is part of S&P 500^[31]. Predecessors include Cygnus Solutions^[19], ArsDigita^[20], JBoss^[21], C2Net^[22], Sistina Software^[23], and Container Linux^[24].

Leadership

Red Hat's chief executive officer is recorded as Matt Hicks^[26].

Operations

Red Hat's headquarters location is recorded as Raleigh^[25]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as gleif:VGRQXHF3J8VDLUA7XE92^[32]. Subsidiaries include it (United Kingdom)^[27]; it (Israel)^[33]; Red Hat Germany^[34]; Red Hat Czech^[35], a business^[36], in Czech Republic^[37], founded in 2006^[38], headquartered in Brno^[39]; and StackRox^[40].

Industry

Red Hat's industry is recorded as software industry^[41].

Ownership

Products include software^[42], Fedora Linux^[43], Q215273^[44], 389 Directory Server^[45], and WildFly^[46].

Why It Matters

Red Hat ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (880 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[47] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[48]

Works attributed to it include OpenShift^[49], a free software^[50], founded in 2011^[51].