ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. is an American software and data company which provides data for companies and business individuals. Their main product is a commercial search-engine, specialized in contact and business information. From the internet and other sources, the company collects contact and other information about individuals, companies and other business entities, such as departments. They maintain profiles for the subjects and make these available to their clients, as a service and for a fee.

History

In 2007, DiscoverOrg was founded by Henry Schuck and Kirk Brown. In February 2019, it acquired its competitor, Zoom Information, Inc. and rebranded as ZoomInfo. DiscoverOrg's

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Henry Schuck, CFO Cameron Hyzer, and Chief Revenue Officer Chris Hays kept their roles. Zoom Information was established in 2000 as Eliyon Technologies by founders Yonatan Stern and Michel Decary, and in August 2017 was acquired by Great Hill Partners, a

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, for $240 million. In June 4, 2020, ZoomInfo became a publicly traded company on the

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under the

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“ZI.”

Acquisitions

In 2017, as DiscoverOrg, the company acquired RainKing and in 2018, NeverBounce and Datanyze. In 2019, ZoomInfo acquired Komiko and in 2020, Clickagy and EverString Technology. In 2021, ZoomInfo acquired Insent, Chorus.ai, and RingLead.

References

External links

* *O'Brien, Kelly J. (August 17, 2017)
How ZoomInfo's CEO sold three companies for $431M over 24 years
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