Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems Inc., provides network computing infrastructure solutions that include computer systems, software, storage, and services. Its core brands include the Java technology platform, the Solaris operating system, StorageTek and the UltraSPARC processor.

quick facts
NASDAQ symbol:JAVA
Founded:1982
Founders:Bill Joy, Scott G. McNealy, Vinod Khosla, Andy Bechtolsheim, Vaughan Ronald Pratt
Headquarters:Santa Clara, California
Legal structure:Public limited company
Annual revenue:$11,449,000,000
Net income:$-2,234,000,000
Operating income:$372,000,000
Market cap:$3,560,000,000
Employees:38,000
Industries:Computer

Sun Microsystems founders

Bill Joy
Bill Joy

Bill Joy, longtime KP Limited Partner, joined KPCB as Partner in January 2005.At KP he helps entrepreneurs advance the Internet, develop wireless innovations, and find new ways of using large scale computing to solve the most difficult problems. He also looks to help entrepreneurs who have...
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Scott G. McNealy
Scott G. McNealy
Age:57 (Born: November 13, 1954)

Scott McNealy, 52, is chairman of the board of directors of Sun Microsystems, a company he co-founded in 1982 and chairman of Sun Federal Inc. From 1984 to 2006, McNealy served as chief executive officer and chairman at Sun, steering the Company to constant innovation in open, network computing. In...
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Vinod Khosla
Vinod Khosla
Age:57 (Born: January 28, 1955)
Education:Stanford Graduate School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Other companies founded:Khosla Ventures, Daisy Systems, Range Fuels

Vinod Khosla was a co-founder of Daisy Systems and founding Chief Executive Officer of Sun Microsystems, where he pioneered open systems and commercial RISC processors. Vinod serves on the boards of Agami, eASIC, Indian School of Business, Infinera, Kovio, Metricstream, Spatial Photonics, Xsigo and...
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Andy Bechtolsheim
Andy Bechtolsheim
Age:56 (Born: September 30, 1955)

Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and employee number one, returns to Sun as Chief Architect and Senior Vice President, Network Systems organization and is also a member of Sun's executive management team. In his new role,Bechtolsheim will drive the rapid productization of...
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Vaughan Ronald Pratt
Vaughan Ronald Pratt

Vaughan Ronald Pratt , a Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, was one of the earliest pioneers in the field of computer science. Publishing since 1969, Pratt has made several contributions to foundational areas such as search algorithms, sorting algorithms, and primality testing. More...
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Revenue history for Sun Microsystems

RevenueDate
$11,449,000,000 June 30, 2009
$13,880,000,000 June 30, 2008
$13,068,000,000 2007
$11,726,300,000 2000
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Net income history for Sun Microsystems

Net IncomeDate
$-2,234,000,000 June 30, 2009
$-864,000,000 2007
$1,031,300,000 2000
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Headquarters of Sun Microsystems

Santa Clara
Santa Clara
Founded:1777
Population:116,468

Santa Clara , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city is the site of the eighth of 21 California missions, Mission Santa Clara de Asís, and was named after the mission. The Mission and Mission Gardens are located on...
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Current Sun Microsystems board members

John Doerr
John Doerr

John Doerr is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. He’s optimistic, enthusiastic and energetic. John joined KPCB in 1980, and...
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Steve Bennett
Steve Bennett
Board member since:2004

Steve Bennett joined Intuit in January 2000 as the company's president and chief executive officer. Since then, Bennett has combined the company's...
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Scott G. McNealy
Scott G. McNealy
Board member since:April 2006

Scott McNealy, 52, is chairman of the board of directors of Sun Microsystems, a company he co-founded in 1982 and chairman of Sun Federal Inc. From...
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Jonathan I. Schwartz
Jonathan I. Schwartz
Board member since:2006

Jonathan Schwartz is chief executive officer and president of Sun Microsystems, and a member of Sun's board of directors. He became Sun's CEO in...
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Divisions of Sun Microsystems

Division Name
Sun Microsystems Danmark A/S
Sun Microsystems India Private Limited
Sun Microsystems Services France SAS
Sun Microsystems Investments Sar.l.
Sun Microsystems Scotland Holding LP
514713 N.B. Inc
Storage Technology Corporation
Q layer Corp
Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc
Sun Microsystems of California Inc
Solaris Assurance, Inc
Sun Microsystems Ges.m.b.H
StorageTek (China) Services Co Ltd
Sun Microsystems Consulting Limited
Sun Microsystems de Chile, S.A.
Sun Microsystems International Holding B.V.
Sun Microsystems SPB LLC
Sun Microsystems Israel Ltd
Sun Microsystems (B.C.) Inc
Cobalt Networks B.V
Sun Microsystems (Egypt) Ltd
StorageTek International Corp
Sun Microsystems AO
Sun Microsystems Financial Sector Sarl
Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc
Sun Microsystems GmbH
Sun Microsystems Pte. Ltd
StorageTek (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
Sun Microsystems (NZ) Limited
Storage Technology (Bermuda) Ltd Puerto Rico Branch
Sun Microsystems Global Services B.V.
MySQL Australia Pty. Ltd
Sun Microsystems de Mexico S.A. de C.V.
Sun Microsystems Technology Ltd
Solaris Indemnity Ltd
Sun Microsystems K.K.
Sun Microsystems (Bilgisayar Sistemleri) Sirketi
Sun Microsystems Ukraine LLC
ISOPIA Corp
StorageTek South Asia Pte. Ltd
Sun Microsystems Australia Pty. Ltd.
Sun Microsystems Poland Sp.z.o.o
Sun Microsystems Holdings Ltd
Sun Microsystems Scotland B.V.
Sun Microsystems (Cyprus) Limited
Sun Microsystems (South Africa) Ltd
MySQL AB
Sun Microsystems do Brasil Industria e Comericio Ltda
Sun Microsystems Limited
Sun Microsystems Management Services Corporation
SeeBeyond (UK) Ltd
Sun Microsystems (U.A.E.) Ltd
Sun Microsystems (Bilgisayar Sistemleri) L.S.
Sun Microsystems Iberica, S.A.
Sun Microsystems Scotland LP
Sun Microsystems International, Inc
Sun Microsystems Nederland B.V.
Vaau
Sun Microsystems European Holding B.V.
Storage Technology Holding Ltd
Sun Microsystems Luxembourg SARL
Sun Microsystems Nederlands B.V.
SeeBeyond Pty Ltd
StorageTek (Bermuda) Finance Limited
Sun Microsystems do Brasil Industria e Comercio Ltda
Sun Microsystems China Ltd
Sun Microsystems de Argentina SA
Sun Microsystems International B.V.
Sun Microsystems Slovakia, s.r.o
Sun Microsystems Ireland Limited
Sun Microsystems Poland Sp. z o.o
Sun Microsystems Slovakia s.r.o.
Belle Gate Investment B.V.
SeeBeyond Pty. Ltd
Sun Microsystems AB
Sun Microsystems Global Finance K.K.
Sun Microsystems of California Limited
Sun Microsystems Global Financial Services, LLC
StorageTek (India) Private Ltd
Sun Microsystems (Egypt) LLC
Sun Microsystems France SAS
MySQL Americas Inc
Sun Microsystems Czech s.r.o.
Sun Microsystems de Colombia SA
Sun Microsystems Taiwan Ltd
Sun Microsystems Italia S.p.A.
3055855 Nova Scotia Company
ISOPIA Co
StorageTek Ireland Limited
Sun Microsystems AS
Sun Microsystems France SA
Sun Microsystems Oy
Sun Microsystems (Hellas) SA
Sun Microsystems (Schweiz) A.G.
Sun Microsystems (China) Co., Ltd.
Qlayer BVBA
Sun Microsystems (Portugal) Tecnicas de Informatica Sociedade Unipessoal Limitada
Sun Microsystems Hyderabad Private Ltd
MySQL Ireland Ltd
Sun Microsystems de Venezuela, S.A.
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Companies acquired by Sun Microsystems

CompanyDate:
CenterRun 2003
Trancept Systems 1987
Centram Systems West 1987
Folio, Inc. 1988
INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation 1992
Thinking Machines 1994
Lighthouse Design 1996
Cray 1996
Integrated Micro Products 1996
LongView Technologies, LLC 1997
Diba 1997
Chorus Systems 1997
RedCape Software 1998
i-Planet 1998
NetDynamics 1998
StarDivision 1999
MAXSTRAT Corporation 1999
Gridware 2000
Cobalt Networks 2000
Clustra Systems 2002
Afara Websystems 2002
Pirus Networks 2002
Terraspring 2002
Pixomondo 2003
Waveset Technologies 2003
Nauticus Networks 2004
Kealia 2004
SevenSpace 2005
Tarantella, Inc. 2005
SeeBeyond Technology Corporation 2005
Storage Technology Corporation 2005
Aduva 2006
Neogent 2006
SavaJe 2007
Cluster File Systems 2007
Vaau 2007
MySQL AB 2008
Innotek GmbH 2008
Montalvo Systems 2008
Q-layer 2009
NetBeans 1999
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Venture Investments

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    From which firms did Sun Microsystems receive investment capital?
  • A:
    Investments were made by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers.
  • Q:
    Which location is the headquarters of Sun Microsystems?
  • A:
    The main office is located in Santa Clara, California.
  • Q:
    What are the names of the board members at Sun Microsystems?
  • A:
    A few Board Members include:
    - John Doerr, Board Member
    - Steve Bennett, Board Member
    - Scott G. McNealy, Chairman
    - Jonathan I. Schwartz, Board Member
    - P. Anthony Ridder, Board Member
    - M. Kenneth Oshman, Board Member
    - Patricia E. Mitchell, Board Member
    - Michael E. Marks, Board Member
    - Robert J. Finocchio Jr., Board Member
    - Peter L.S. Currie, Board Member
  • Q:
    What companies did Sun Microsystems acquire?
  • A:
    Sun Microsystems' has acquired CenterRun, Trancept Systems, Centram Systems West, Folio, Inc., INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation and Thinking Machines.
  • Q:
    Which year was Sun Microsystems founded?
  • A:
    The business was founded in 1982.
  • Q:
    Who founded Sun Microsystems?
  • A:
    Bill Joy, Scott G. McNealy, Vinod Khosla, Andy Bechtolsheim and Vaughan Pratt started the business.
  • Q:
    What is the stock symbol and stock exchange for Sun Microsystems?
  • A:
    The symbol is "JAVA" listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
  • Q:
    How many people are employed by Sun Microsystems?
  • A:
    There were 38,000 employees in the year 2006.
  • Q:
    Which market sectors does Sun Microsystems operate?
  • A:
    The company operates in Computer.
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