Firmenprofil

Company Overview:

NETGEAR is a worldwide provider of easy-to-use, high performance networking solutions at prices affordable to homes and businesses. Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, NETGEAR designs and develops products that enable home and business customers to share broadband Internet access, network office peripherals, and enjoy multimedia entertainment among multiple personal computers and other Internet-enabled devices. NETGEAR markets and sells its products in North America, Europe and the Asia/Pacific region through distributors to a global network of resellers, including retail stores, mail order catalogs and online sites. NETGEAR offers customer support and services 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

NETGEAR is a privately held company. NETGEAR was founded in January 1996 by Patrick Lo and Mark Merrill and operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Bay Networks, which was purchased by Nortel Networks in August 1998. Since being spun off as a separate company in March 2000, NETGEAR went on to repurchase all Nortel Network’s ownership interest, and is now privately held.

Headqarters:

Santa Clara, California • 173 employees worldwide

Private Financing:

• Pequot Capital Management
• Blue Ridge Private Equity Fund
• Shamrock Holdings of California
• The Halyard Capital Fund
• The Abernathy Group
• Delta International Holding Limit
• Blue Ridge Limited Partnership

Management:

Patrick Lo, Chairman, President, and CEO
Ray Robidoux, President
Jonathan Mather, Chief Financial Officer
Mark Merrill, Chief Technology Officer
Leslie Adams, Vice President, Marketing
Richard Fabiano, Vice President, Business Development
Michael Falcon, Vice President, Operations
Chuck Olson, Vice President, Engineering

Products:

NETGEAR offers wireless, Ethernet, powerline and phoneline networking products through a complete line of routers, gateways, switches, hubs, and adapters. NETGEAR products offer the strongest security and privacy options available to protect home and business customers.

Manufacturing:

Subcontractors Delta Networks and Lite-On Communications

Sales Channels:

NETGEAR’s sales strategy includes two models: One targets small businesses, the other home and home-office customers. To reach home users, NETGEAR distributes its products through superstores and electronic chain retail stores. To target small businesses, NETGEAR sells through superstores, mail-order catalogs and value-added resellers. To reach resellers and retailers, NETGEAR partners with the following distributors in the U.S.: Ingram Micro, Tech Data Corp., D&H Distributing and A.S. I.

Sales Offices:

Australia • France • Germany • Great Britain • Hong Kong/China • Italy • Japan • Korea • Sweden • United States

Technology Alliances:

Atheros • Atmel • Broadcom • Intel • Intellon • Intersil • Marvell • Microsoft • National Semiconductor