Private company

SUSE

Open-source software company

SUSE S.A. ( SOO-sə, SOO-zə, German: ) is a multinational open-source software company that develops and sells Linux products to business customers. Founded in 1992, it was the first company to market Linux for enterprise.2 Its chief executive is Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen (since 2023).1 It employed 2,000 people in 2021.1 Its revenue was $450 million in 2020.1 It is part of EQT Partners.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Sep 2, 1992Founded1
  • Industrysoftware development1
  • HeadquartersNürnberg1
  • Founded inFürth1
  • Websitewww.suse.com
  • Legal formlimited liability company1

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Suse Linux GmbH
Photo: Eva K., CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons3

SUSE S.A. ( SOO-sə, SOO-zə, German: [ˈzuːzə]) is a multinational open-source software company that develops and sells Linux products to business customers. Founded in 1992, it was the first company to market Linux for enterprise.2

Corporate structure

SUSE is part of a group headed by EQT Partners. 34 entities, 8 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What SUSE reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Leadership

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

Chief executive

  1. Nils Brauckmann2016–2019
  2. Melissa Di Donato2019–2023
  3. Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen2023–now
  4. Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen2023–now
1995200020052010201520202025

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2020Acquired Rancher Labs1

Employees over time

  • 20212,0001
  • 20171,0001

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

SUSE revenue by year1$450.0M in 2020+110% since 2015
0$200.0M$400.0M$600.0M2015: $214.7M$214.7M20152016: $253.8M$253.8M2016+18%2017: $303.4M$303.4M2017+20%2020: $450.0M$450.0M2020+48%
  • 2020$450.0M1
  • 2017$303.4M1
  • 2016$253.8M1
  • 2015$214.7M1

Timeline

  1. May 2023New chief executive Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen becomes CEO1
  2. Jul 2019New chief executive Melissa Di Donato becomes CEO1
  3. 2018Acquired Acquired by EQT Partners1
  4. Feb 2016New chief executive Nils Brauckmann becomes CEO1
  5. 2014Acquired Acquired by Micro Focus International1
  6. Sep 2, 1992Founded Founded in Fürth1

Sources

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