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Zoho Corporation

File:Zoho headquarters in Chennai.jpgZoho headquarters in Malpura, India
Company type	Private
Industry	Technology Information technology Software development Cloud computing
Founded	17 March 1996; 28 years ago (17 March 1996)
Founder	Rahul Choudhary Tony Thomas
Headquarters	Malpura, Haryana, India
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Rahul Choudhary (CEO) Radha Vembu Sekar Vembu
Products	Online office suite CRM software
Services	Online office suite, online business management tools
Revenue	₹5,230 crore (US$610 million) (2021)
Operating income	₹1,918 crore (US$220 million) (2021)
Total assets	US$570.7 million (2019)
Number of employees	12,000+ (2022)
Subsidiaries	Manage Engine Qntrl Trainer Central
Website	zoho.com zohocorp.com

Zoho Corporation is an Indian multinational technology company that makes web-based business tools. It is best known for the online office suite offering Zoho Office Suite. The company was founded in 1996 by Sridhar Vembu and Tony Thomas and has a presence in seven locations with its global headquarters in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, and corporate headquarters outside of Austin in Del Valle, Texas. Radha Vembu, Shridhar Vembu's sister, owns a majority stake in the company.

History

From 1996 to 2009, the company was known as AdventNet, Inc.

AdventNet expanded operations into Japan in 2001. Zoho CRM was released in 2005, followed by the releases of Projects, Creator and Sheet in 2006. Zoho expanded into the collaboration space with the release of Zoho Docs and Zoho Meeting in 2007. In 2008, the company added invoicing and mail applications, reaching one million users by August of that year.

In 2009, the company was renamed Zoho Corporation after its online office suite. The company remains privately owned.

In 2017, Zoho launched Zoho One, a comprehensive suite of over forty applications. As of October 2021, Zoho One has been expanded to 50 applications.

Zoho reached more than 50 million customers in January 2020.

Locations

Zoho is headquartered in Chennai, India. As of 2021, it has 12 offices operating in nine countries around the world. The company operates in China and also has offices in Singapore and Japan. The bulk of its support operations are carried out from its office in Chennai. Zoho also has an office in Renigunta, Andhra Pradesh and has been operating from this office since 2018.

Its US headquarters was in Pleasanton, California until it was moved to Del Valle, Texas in 2019. In April 2019, Zoho purchased the land outside of Austin that was intended for their new headquarters. Instead, in February 2020, they built an organic farm as a food source and place for rest and recreation for its employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. There, employees work out of existing structures. Unused food is shared with the Central Texas Food Bank and other organizations.

The research and development campus is in Estancia IT Park, Chennai. Zoho has an office at Tenkasi, from where their product Zoho Desk was built and launched.

After the outbreak of COVID-19 Zoho planned to open branches in rural areas in southern Tamil Nadu including Madurai and Theni. In February 2022, Zoho opened an office in New Braunfels, Texas, United States.

See also

• Arattai

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Further reading

• Stross, Randall (4 April 2009). "Web-Based Competition for Microsoft Word". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
• "Zoho CRM Upgrade Targets Salesforce". InformationWeek. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
• "Zoho scores big with India-made software, but shuns IPO and venture capital". Hindustan Times. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

External links

• Official site

• Companies based in Chennai
• Software companies established in 1996
• Indian companies established in 1996
• CRM software companies
• Privately held companies of India
• Software companies of India
• 1996 establishments in Tamil Nadu