Quest Software
Privately held software company based in California
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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.
- David M. Doyle
- Doran G. Machin
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 1987, in Newport Beach, California, United States |
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| Fate | Acquired by Clearlake Capital |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Website | www |
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.[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.
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]