ZOHO Corporation founded in 1996, is located in Pleasanton, California

Pleasanton, California

Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, incorporated in 1894. It is a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area located about east of Oakland, and west of Livermore. The population was 70,285 at the 2010 census. In 2005 and 2007, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized city in...

, United States of America. The company started as a network framework provider for telecom equipment vendors. In 2003, ZOHO Corp diversified into IT Management software with ManageEngine. In 2005, it launched Zoho Office Suite

Zoho Office Suite

The Zoho Office Suite is a Web-based online office suite containing word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, note-taking, wikis, customer relationship management , project management, invoicing and other applications developed by ZOHO Corporation , a US-based company. It was...

 with a web based word processor, and later expanded to offer other applications, including spreadsheet

Spreadsheet

A spreadsheet is a computer application that simulates a paper accounting worksheet. It displays multiple cells usually in a two-dimensional matrix or grid consisting of rows and columns. Each cell contains alphanumeric text, numeric values or formulas...

s, a calendar, contacts list, and other business-oriented programs.
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The company is privately held and has taken no venture capital or bank loans. ZOHO Corporation is headed by Sridhar Vembu

Sridhar Vembu

Sridhar Vembu is the founder and CEO of ZOHO Corporation . ZOHO Corporation are the makers of the online Zoho Office Suite as well as several business applications....

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