Red Hat, Inc.
Overview
American open-source software company and subsidiary of IBM. Known for enterprise Linux (RHEL), Kubernetes (OpenShift), and automation (Ansible).
Key Facts
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Founded: 1993-03-03
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Headquarters: Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Status: Subsidiary of IBM (acquired 2018)
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CEO: Chris Wright
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Founded by Marc Ewing and Bob Young
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is the leading enterprise Linux distribution
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Fedora is Red Hat’s upstream community distribution (6-month release cycle)
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Acquired by IBM in 2019 for $34B, one of the largest tech acquisitions
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Owns Ansible (automation), OpenShift (Kubernetes), and many other projects
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Strong advocate for open-source and free software