Skillsoft

Skillsoft Corporation
Formerly called
SmartForce[1]
Industry Software as a service
Founded August 8, 1989 (1989-08-08)[2]
Headquarters 107 Northeastern Blvd., Nashua, NH, United States[3]
Key people
Chuck Moran, President and CEO
Jerald Nine, COO[4]
Products Educational technology, learning management systems, training content
Owner Charterhouse Capital Partners (as of April 2014)
Number of employees
2,400[5] (as of 2014)
Website www.skillsoft.com

Skillsoft is an American educational technology company that produces learning management system software and content. It is one of the world's largest corporate training providers, with 10,000 customers, 60 million users, and 2,400 employees as of 2014.[5]

History

Ownership

Skillsoft was traded on NASDAQ under the stock symbol SKIL, with an IPO in February 2000[6] and a SPO in July 2001.[7][8]

In May 2010, the company was bought out for US$1.2 billion by SSI Investments III Limited, a firm funded by Berkshire Partners, Advent International and Bain Capital.[9][10] Skillsoft was sold by Berkshire Partners to Charterhouse Capital Partners on April 28, 2014.[9][2]

Mergers and acquisitions

In 2002, Skillsoft merged with IT courseware company SmartForce, with the combined company retaining the Skillsoft name.[1]

Skillsoft's acquisitions include:

Products

Skillsoft's products include:[2]

References

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  4. "Company Overview of SkillSoft Limited". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Bersin, Josh (October 1, 2014). "Skillsoft Acquisition of SumTotal: Corporate Training Market Disruption?". Forbes. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  6. "Skillsoft Corp (SKIL) IPO". NASDAQ. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  7. "Skillsoft Corp (SKIL) SPO". NASDAQ. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  8. Brown, Rodney H. (February 15, 2010). "SkillSoft to go private in $1B buyout from Bain and partners". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Skillsoft". Berkshire Partners. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  10. Suria, Asif (April 6, 2010). "Merger Arbitrage Mondays: April 5, 2010". Seeking Alpha. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  11. "Skillsoft Announces Acquisition of Vodeclic". BusinessWire. Berkshire Hathaway. May 7, 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.


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