Proofpoint, Inc.

Proofpoint, Inc.
Company typePrivate
Nasdaq: PFPT
IndustrySecurity software
Founded2002 (2002)
FounderEric 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)
Key people
Sumit Dhawan (CEO)
Marcel DePaolis (CTO)
Rémi Thomas (CFO)
ProductsIdentity 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)
–US$95.196 million (2020)
–US$163.809 million (2020)
Total assets US$2.498 billion (2020)
Total equity US$441.744 million (2020)
OwnerThoma Bravo
Number of employees
3,658 (2020)
Websitewww.proofpoint.com

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.