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Informatica
American software company

Informatica Inc. is an American software development company founded in 1993. It is headquartered in Redwood City, California. Its core products include enterprise cloud data management and data integration. It was co-founded by Gaurav Dhillon and Diaz Nesamoney. Amit Walia is the company's CEO.

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History

Informatica was founded in 1993 by Gaurav Dhillon and Diaz Nesamoney.3

On 29 April 1999, its initial public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange listed its shares under the stock symbol INFA.45

On 7 April 2015, Permira and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board announced that a company controlled by the Permira funds and CPPIB would acquire Informatica for approximately US$5.3 billion.6 On 6 August 2015, the acquisition was completed and Microsoft and Salesforce Ventures invested in the company as part of the deal.7 The company's stock ceased trading on the Nasdaq effective on the same date.8910

On 27 October 2021, Informatica again became publicly traded with the INFA stock symbol, this time listed on the NYSE, opening at $27.55 per share.11

In June 2023 Informatica acquired Privitar, a data management tool.12

In November 2023, Informatica announced a restructuring plan to focus on its cloud offerings. It permanently laid off 10% of its workforce and reduced its office space.13

In April 2024, the Wall Street Journal reported that Salesforce was in advanced talks to acquire Informatica at a price below its $11 billion market capitalization at the time.14 The deal was eventually abandoned; however, just over a year later, in May 2025, Salesforce announced its intent to purchase Informatica for about $8 billion,15 subject to regulatory approval.16

In May 2025, the Wall Street Journal reported that Salesforce will acquire Informatica for $8 billion or $25 per share.17

Products

Informatica's product portfolio is focused on data integration: extract, transform, load, information lifecycle management, business-to-business data exchange, cloud computing integration, complex event processing, data masking, data quality, data replication, data virtualization, master data management, ultra messaging, and data governance. These components form a toolset for establishing and maintaining data warehouses. It has over 9,500 customers.1819

In 2006, Informatica announced a "cloud business".20 In 2023 it announced an AI-powered data management tool21 and began to fully transition to cloud-based offerings.22

Financial results

201420132012201120102009
Revenue (USD in Millions)231,047.954 M948.171 M811.571 M783.779 M650.076 M600.999 M
Net Income (USD in Millions)24114.087 M86.400 M93.180 M117.500 M86.320 M54.210 M

Informatica has grown through a combination of sales growth and through company acquisitions.2526

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References

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  2. "Informatica CEO sees no slowdown in cloud growth". SiliconANGLE. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024. https://siliconangle.com/2024/05/02/informatica-ceo-sees-no-slowdown-in-cloud-growth/ ↩

  3. McKenna, Brian (19 February 2021). "Gaurav Dhillon: Silicon Valley is poised to grow up to seize a more spiritual future". Computer Weekly. https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Gaurav-Dhillon-Silicon-Valley-is-poised-to-grow-up-to-seize-a-more-spiritual-future ↩

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  7. "Microsoft And Salesforce Join In $5.3 Billion Buyout of Informatica". forbes.com. Retrieved 7 August 2015. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2015/08/06/microsoft-and-salesforce-join-in-5-3-billion-buyout-of-informatica ↩

  8. "Informatica Corporation Announces Completion of Acquisition by the Permira Funds and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board". informatica.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015. http://www.informatica.com/about-us/news/news-releases/2015/08/20150806-informatica-corporation-announces-completion-of-acquisition-by-the-permira-funds-and-canada-pension-plan-investment-board.html ↩

  9. "Salesforce Ventures and Microsoft Join Informatica Buyout". The New York Times. 6 August 2015. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/business/dealbook/salesforce-ventures-and-microsoft-join-informatica-buyout.html ↩

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  11. "Enterprise software firm Informatica valued at $7.5 bln in stock market return". reuters.com. 27 October 2021. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021. https://www.reuters.com/technology/enterprise-software-firm-informatica-valued-75-bln-stock-market-return-2021-10-27/ ↩

  12. Lunden, Ingrid (14 June 2023). "Informatica acquires Privitar, once valued at $400M, to expand its data management stack". TechCrunch. Retrieved 22 April 2024. https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/14/informatica-acquires-privitar-once-valued-at-400m-to-expand-its-data-management-stack/ ↩

  13. "Tech Layoffs: Bay Area Firm Slashes Hundreds of Jobs". The San Francisco Standard. 6 November 2023. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024. https://sfstandard.com/2023/11/06/bay-area-tech-layoffs-hundreds-jobs-informatica/ ↩

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  15. Soni, Aditya (27 May 2025). "Salesforce to buy Informatica for $8 billion to bolster AI data tools". Reuters. Retrieved 27 May 2025. https://www.reuters.com/technology/salesforce-nears-8-billion-deal-informatica-wsj-reports-2025-05-27/ ↩

  16. Council, Stephen (27 May 2025). "Salesforce is gobbling up a Bay Area competitor for $8 billion". SFGate. https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/salesforce-gobbles-bay-area-informatica-20347520.php ↩

  17. Thomas, Lauren. "Exclusive | Salesforce Strikes $8 Billion Deal for Informatica". WSJ. Retrieved 13 June 2025. https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/salesforce-nears-8-billion-deal-for-informatica-407dc27c ↩

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  20. Adrian, Merv (10 June 2010), Informatica Re-Factors the Value Chain for the Cloud, IT Market Strategy, retrieved 7 July 2010 http://mervadrian.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/informatica-re-factors-the-value-chain-for-the-cloud/ ↩

  21. Sharma, Shubham (9 May 2023). "Informatica goes all in on generative AI with Claire GPT". VentureBeat. https://venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/informatica-goes-all-in-on-generative-ai-with-claire-gpt/ ↩

  22. "Tech Layoffs: Bay Area Firm Slashes Hundreds of Jobs". The San Francisco Standard. 6 November 2023. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024. https://sfstandard.com/2023/11/06/bay-area-tech-layoffs-hundreds-jobs-informatica/ ↩

  23. "Earnings Per Share - Revenue - Company Dividend - EPS". NASDAQ.com. Retrieved 20 April 2018. http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/infa/revenue-eps ↩

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  26. Karel, Rob (28 January 2010), Introducing The MDM Market's Newest 800lb Gorilla: Informatica Acquires Siperian!, Forrester, archived from the original on 2 February 2010, retrieved 15 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100202011559/http://blogs.forrester.com/business_process/2010/01/introducing-the-mdm-markets-newest-800lb-gorilla-informatica-acquires-siperian.html ↩