Quest Software
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Quest Software, also known as Quest, is a privately held software company headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, United States. The company was founded in 1987 and has 53 offices in 24 countries.
History
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1997, Quest opened an office in the United Kingdom.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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.
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]
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