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Gen Digital

Logo: Gen Digital, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Multinational software company

Gen Digital Inc. (formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock Inc.) is a multinational software company co-headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, United States, and Prague, Czech Republic.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Mar 1, 1982Founded1
  • Tickeron NASDAQ1
  • Industrycomputer security, software industry1
  • HeadquartersTempe1
  • Founded inSunnyvale1
  • Websitewww.gendigital.com
  • Legal formpublic company1
  • Listed onNasdaq (GEN)1

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Photo: Norton LifeLock, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Gen Digital Inc. (formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock Inc.) is a multinational software company co-headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, United States, and Prague, Czech Republic. The company provides cybersecurity software, financial technology, and services. Gen is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock-market index. It is listed on the NASDAQ and Prague Stock Exchange. Its portfolio includes Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, MoneyLion and CCleaner.2

The story

Founded by Gary Hendrix on Mar 1, 1982, in Sunnyvale.1

Leadership

Who has led Gen Digital, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Board members and other officers (4)

Products and brands

  • Norton
  • software

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Capital Group Companies 11.1%
  • The Vanguard Group 10.9%
  • PaBa Software 7.8%
  • BlackRock 7.1%
  • Starboard Value 5.5%

Subsidiaries

  • Fast Track
  • Fifth Generation Systems
  • Huawei Symantec
  • LIRIC Associates
  • NortonLifeLock (Ireland)
  • Nortonlifelock Ireland Limited
  • Recourse Technologies
  • Revivio
  • Riptech
  • Whitewater Group
  • XtreamLok
  • Peter Norton Computing since 1990
  • Dynamic Microprocessor Associates since 1991
  • Central Point Software since Apr 1994
  • LifeLock since 2017
  • Avira since 2021
  • Avast Limited since 2022
  • Avast Software since 2022

Also owns

  • Norton since 1990
  • Thawte Consulting since 2010
  • Blue Coat Systems since 2016

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2022Acquired Avast Limited1
  2. 2022Acquired Avast Software1
  3. 2021Avira became a subsidiary1
  4. 2017LifeLock became a subsidiary1
  5. 2016Acquired Blue Coat Systems1
  6. 2010Acquired Thawte Consulting1
  7. Apr 1994Acquired Central Point Software1
  8. 1991Acquired Dynamic Microprocessor Associates1
  9. 1990Acquired Norton1
  10. 1990Acquired Peter Norton Computing1
  11. Succeeded Peter Norton Computing1
  12. Succeeded LifeLock1

Employees over time

  • 20203,6591

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Gen Digital revenue by year1$2.5B in 2020+20% since 2016
0$1.0B$2.0B$3.0B2016: $2.1B$2.1B20162017: $2.1B$2.1B2017+1%2018: $2.6B$2.6B2018+22%2019: $2.5B$2.5B2019−4%2020: $2.5B$2.5B2020+1%
  • 2020$2.5B1
  • 2019$2.5B1
  • 2018$2.6B1
  • 2017$2.1B1
  • 2016$2.1B1

Net income

Gen Digital net income by year1$554.0M in 2021−78% since 2016
-$1.0B0$1.0B$2.0B$3.0B$4.0B2016: $2.5B$2.5B20162017: -$106.0M-$106.0M20172018: $1.1B$1.1B20182019: $31.0M$31.0M2019−97%2020: $3.9B$3.9B2020+12439%2021: $554.0M$554.0M2021−86%
  • 2021$554.0M1
  • 2020$3.9B1
  • 2019$31.0M1
  • 2018$1.1B1
  • 2017-$106.0M1
  • 2016$2.5B1

Timeline

  1. 2022Went public Listed on NASDAQ1
  2. 2022Renamed Name changed to Gen Digital Inc.1
  3. 2019Went public Listed on NASDAQ1
  4. 2019Renamed Name changed to NortonLifeLock Inc.1
  5. 1989Went public Listed on NASDAQ1
  6. Mar 1, 1982Founded Founded in Sunnyvale1

Sources

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