Private company

Quark, Inc.

Logo: Quark Software Inc. (, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

American software company

Quark Software Inc. is an American privately-owned software company which specializes in enterprise publishing software for automating the production of customer communications.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 19, 2026.

Overview

1981Founded1
  • Industrysoftware industry1
  • HeadquartersDenver1
  • Websitewww.quark.com
  • Legal formprivately held company1

Quark Software Inc. is an American privately-owned software company which specializes in enterprise publishing software for automating the production of customer communications. The company's original goal was to "create software that would be the platform for publishing", just as quarks are the basis for all matter.2

The story

Founded by Tim Gill in 1981.1

Leadership

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

Products and brands

  • software

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Subsidiaries

  • QuarkXPress

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Jul 12, 2017Acquired Acquired by Parallax Capital Partners1
  2. Aug 9, 2011Acquired Acquired by Platinum Equity1
  3. 1981Founded Founded1

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