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Quest Software

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Quest Software, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware
Founded1987; 39 years ago (1987), in Newport Beach, California, United States
Founders
  • David M. Doyle
  • Doran G. Machin
FateAcquired by Clearlake Capital
Headquarters
Austin, Texas
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
Websitewww.quest.com

Quest Software, also known as Quest, is a privately held software company headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States. The company was founded in 1987 and has 53 offices in 24 countries.

History

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Quest Software was founded in 1987 in Newport Beach, California, with a line of products for HP Multi-Programming Executive (MPE). In 1995, Vinny Smith[1] joined the company. The following year, Quest entered the database management market with an Oracle SQL database tuning product.[citation needed] In 1997, Quest opened an office in the United Kingdom.[citation needed]

Doug Garn joined Quest as the vice president of sales in 1998.[2] That same year, Quest added offices in Germany and Australia, and Smith became CEO.[2]

In October, Quest acquired TOAD.[3][4]

On August 13, 1999, Quest Software went public.[5]

Garn became CEO and president, and Smith became executive chairman of Quest in 2008.[6] In 2009, Alan Fudge became vice president of sales.[7] In 2011, Smith became CEO and chairman, and Garn became vice chairman.[8]

On September 28, 2012, Dell announced it had completed the acquisition of Quest Software.[9]

In 2016, Quest Software acquired ScriptLogic,[10] and Charonware s.r.o from the Czech Republic. Charonware made CASE Studio2, and after being acquired, Quest folded it into the TOAD Data Modeler product.[11]

On November 1, 2016, Francisco Partners and Elliott Management completed the purchase of Dell Software,[12] and the company re-launched itself as Quest Software.[13]

On June 1, 2017, One Identity was announced as an independent brand, but remained part of the Quest family of businesses.[14]

On September 2, 2020, Quest acquired Binary Tree.[15] On January 5, 2021, Quest acquired erwin, Inc., including erwin Data Modeler.

Quest Software EMEA headquarters in Cork, Ireland

On November 29, 2021, Clearlake Capital bought Quest from Francisco Partners for $5.4 billion, including debt.[16][17]

On January 27, 2025, Quest named Tim Page CEO.[18] In August, 2025, the company named Ashish Joshi president.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Vincent C. Smith, Chairman, Quest Software". www.vbprofiles.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  2. ^ a b "EXECUTIVE OFFICERS for Quest_Software (QSFT)". Wikinvest. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  3. ^ "Toad - SQL Tuning, Database Development and Administration Software". 2012-02-06. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  4. ^ "Quest Software, its Toad tool leaping over to Dell". SearchOracle. Archived from the original on 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  5. ^ Huffstutter, P. j; Gaw, Jonathan (1999-08-14). "Quest Software IPO Lures Wall St. Back for More". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  6. ^ "Quest Software Announces Appointments of Doug Garn to Chief Executive Officer and Director and Vinny Smith to New Role of Executive Chairman". www.businesswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  7. ^ "Alan Fudge Senior VP of WW Sales for Quest Software". storagenewsletter.com. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  8. ^ "Exec at O.C. software firm steps down". Orange County Register. 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  9. ^ "Dell buying Quest Software for $2.36 billion". Electronic Component News. 2012-07-02. Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  10. ^ "ScriptLogic to be Acquired for $90M - News | OpenView Venture Partners". OpenView. 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  11. ^ "Charonware s.r.o.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  12. ^ Miller, Ron. "Confirmed: Dell sells software division to Francisco Partners and Elliott Management". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  13. ^ "Quest Launches as an Independent Software Company Backed by Francisco Partners and Elliott Management". www.businesswire.com. November 2016. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  14. ^ Kuranda, Sarah (2016-08-29). "Quest Software, One Identity To Operate Separately From SonicWall After Dell Software Sale". CRN. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  15. ^ "Quest Acquires Binary Tree and Takes the Dominant Market Leadership Position in Microsoft Modernization". www.businesswire.com. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  16. ^ Miriam Gottfried (November 29, 2021). "Clearlake Capital to Buy Quest Software From Francisco Partners". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  17. ^ Ron Miller (November 29, 2021). "Francisco Partners flips Quest Software to Clearlake Capital in deal reportedly worth $5.4B". Tech Crunch. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  18. ^ Costelloe, Kevin (February 10, 2025). "Tim Page to Lead Quest as New CEO".
  19. ^ Harme, Jed Nykolle. "Quest Software unveils new executives & USD $350m investment". IT Brief US.
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