Private company

Skype Technologies

Subsidiary of Microsoft

Skype Technologies (also known as Skype Software, Skype Communications, Skype Inc., and Skype Limited) was a telecommunications company headquartered in Luxembourg City, whose chief business was the development and marketing of the video chat and instant messaging computer software program Skype, and various Internet telephony services associated with it. Microsoft purchased the company in 2011, and it had since then operated as their wholly owned subsidiary; as of 2016, it was operating as part of Microsoft's Office Product Group.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

2003Founded1
  • Industrysoftware industry1
  • HeadquartersLuxembourg1
  • Websitewww.skype.com
  • Legal formpublic company1

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The story

Founded by Jaan Tallinn, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström in 2003.1

Leadership

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Products and brands

  • Skype
  • Voice over IP

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 20105001

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

  • 2009160.0M EUR1

Timeline

  1. Oct 13, 2011Acquired Acquired by Microsoft1
  2. Sep 2005Acquired Acquired by eBay1
  3. 2003Founded Founded1

Sources

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