Verisign

Summary

Verisign is a business^[1]. Verisign ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,119 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Verisign is in the country of United States^[3].
• Verisign is in the country of US^[4].
• Verisign's instance of is recorded as business^[5].
• Verisign's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[6].
• Verisign's instance of is recorded as public company^[7].
• Verisign's founder is recorded as James Bidzos^[8].
• Verisign's headquarters location is recorded as Reston^[9].
• Verisign is part of S&P 500^[10].
• Verisign's Commons category is recorded as Verisign^[11].
• Verisign's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq^[12].
• Verisign's industry is recorded as Internet^[13].
• Verisign's industry is recorded as telecommunications^[14].
• April 12, 1995 marks the founding of Verisign^[15].
• 1995-04-12 marks the founding of Verisign^[16].
• Verisign's location of formation is recorded as United States^[17].
• Verisign's official website is recorded as https://www.verisign.com^[18].
• Verisign's product or material produced is recorded as software^[19].
• Verisign's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+1019'}^[20].
• Verisign's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation^[21].
• Verisign's legal form is recorded as XTIQ^[22].
• Verisign's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+49016'}^[23].
• Verisign's owner of is recorded as Thawte Consulting^[24].
• Verisign's total equity is recorded as {'amount': '-1201000000'}^[25].
• Verisign's total revenue is recorded as {'amount': '+1170000000'}^[26].
• Verisign's total revenue is recorded as {'amount': '+850509000'}^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): LMPL4N8ZOJRMF0KOF759^[28]

• Registered legal name: Verisign, INC.^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: US-DE^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

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

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[34]

• Entity created: 1995-04-12^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2012-10-24^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2026-01-06^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-02-05^[38]

• Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000602^[40]

• Authority entity ID: 2497886^[41]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[42]

Body

Founding

Verisign's founder is recorded as James Bidzos^[8]. Recorded inception include April 12, 1995^[15] and 1995-04-12^[16]. Verisign's location of formation is recorded as United States^[17].

Identity

Verisign is part of S&P 500^[10].

Operations

Verisign's headquarters location is recorded as Reston^[9].

Industry

Industries include Internet^[13] and telecommunications^[14].

Ownership

Verisign's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq^[12]. Verisign's product or material produced is recorded as software^[19].

Why It Matters

Verisign ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,119 views/month).^[2] Verisign has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] Verisign is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]