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 Proofpoint Headquarters, located in Sunnyvale, California | |
Company type | Private |
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| Nasdaq: PFPT | |
| Industry | Security software |
| Founded | 2002 (2002) |
| Founder | Eric Hahn |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations | Offices worldwide: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States (California, Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia)1 |
Key people | Sumit Dhawan (CEO) Marcel DePaolis (CTO) Rémi Thomas (CFO) |
| Products | Identity threat defense Email filtering Email privacy Email encryption Email archiving Anti-spam techniques Electronic discovery Data loss prevention software |
| Revenue |  US$1.050 billion (2020)2 |
| –US$95.196 million (2020)2 | |
 –US$163.809 million (2020)2 | |
| Total assets | US$2.498 billion (2020)2 |
| Total equity | US$441.744 million (2020)2 |
| Owner | Thoma Bravo |
Number of employees | 3,658 (2020)2 |
| Website | www |
Proofpoint, Inc. is an American enterprise cybersecurity company based in Sunnyvale, California that provides software as a service and products for email security, identity threat defense, data loss prevention, electronic discovery, and email archiving.
In 2021, Proofpoint was acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $12.3 billion.3
History
The company was founded in July 2002 by Eric Hahn, formerly the CTO of Netscape Communications. It launched July 21, 2003, after raising a $7 million Series A funding round, an additional $9 million in Series B funding led by New York-based RRE Ventures was announced in October, 2003.4
The company released the Proofpoint Protection Server (PPS) for medium and large businesses.
Proofpoint became a publicly traded company in April 2012. At the time of its initial public offering (IPO), the company's shares traded at $13 apiece; investors purchased more than 6.3 million shares through the IPO, raising more than $80 million.5
On April 26, 2021, Proofpoint announced that it had agreed to be acquired by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo.6
In May 2025, Proofpoint announced its acquisition of Hornetsecurity, including its French subsidiary Vale, forming what the company described as the world’s leading email-security group.7
References
References
- "Office Locations". Proofpoint. August 30, 2016.
- "Proofpoint, Inc. 2020 Annual Report" (PDF). Proofpoint.com. December 31, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- "Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of Proofpoint" (Press release). GlobeNewswire. August 31, 2021. and is no longer listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
- Proofpoint adds funding, San Jose Business Journal, Oct 14, 2003.
- "Proofpoint and Infoblox Rise on Debuts". The New York Times. April 20, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
- "Proofpoint Agreed To Be Acquired By Thoma Bravo". April 26, 2021.
- "Proofpoint acquires Hornetsecurity, which had acquired Vade, in conflict with Proofpoint". Solutions Numériques (in French). May 15, 2025. Retrieved December 10, 2025.