Snapshot of cybersecurity firm FireEye: the numbers, a timeline
Important dates and figures in the history of cybersecurity firm FireEye:
2004: Company founded by Ashar Aziz, a former Sun Microsystems engineer.
2006: Introduced first product, a computing network appliance for identifying malware.
2012: Board Chairman David DeWalt becomes CEO.
2013: Company has initial public stock offering.
2014: Buys Mandiant, another security firm, in a cash and stock deal valued at $1 billion.
2014 2013
Number of employees 2,418 1,679
Customers in 4Q 3,130 2,028
Fiscal year revenue $425.7M $161.6M
Fiscal year losses $443.8M $120.6M
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Closing price Wednesday: $35.69
All-time high: $97.35 in March 2014