Société Anonyme | |
Traded as |
SIX: LOGN NASDAQ: LOGI |
Industry | Computer peripherals, Mobile peripherals |
Founded | 2 October 1981 Apples, Switzerland |
Founders | Daniel Borel Pierluigi Zappacosta Giacomo Marini |
Headquarters | Lausanne, Switzerland |
Area served
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Worldwide |
Key people
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Guerrino De Luca (Chairman), Bracken Darrell (CEO) |
Products | Computer peripherals, Mobile peripherals |
Revenue | $2.13 billion (2014) |
Profit | $74 million (2014) |
Total assets | $1.5 billion (2013) |
Total equity | $0.7 billion (2013) |
Number of employees
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9,000 (31 March 2012) |
Website |
www |
Logitech International S.A. (commonly referred to as Logitech or Logi, stylized as logitech, previously LOGITECH) is a Swiss global provider of personal computer and mobile accessories, with global headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland and American headquarters in Newark, California. In addition to its Swiss and American facilities, the company has offices throughout Europe, Asia and the rest of the Americas. Logitech's sales and marketing activities are organized into three geographic regions: America (AMR); Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA); Asia Pacific (AP).
The company develops and markets personal peripherals for PC navigation, video communication and collaboration, music and smart home. This includes products like keyboards, mice, tablet accessories, webcams, Bluetooth speakers, universal remotes and more.
The name Logitech is derived from the French word for software, "logiciel". In Japan, Logitech was established as Logicool to avoid conflict with the Logitec brand.
Logitech International S.A. was co-founded in Apples, Vaud, Switzerland, in 1981 by two Stanford alumni, Daniel Borel and Pierluigi Zappacosta, and a former Olivetti engineer, Giacomo Marini.
The mass-marketed computer mouse was the product that made Logitech well-known. The range of products offered improvements over a product originally developed at LAMI (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) by professor Jean-Daniel Nicoud and engineer André Guignard, who was involved in the design changes of the computer mouse originally invented by Douglas Engelbart.