Red Hat
To build better technology, the open source way, providing enterprise-grade hybrid cloud solutions with freedom, choice, and flexibility.
At a Glance
- Enterprise IT
- Financial Services
- Telecommunications
- Public Sector
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AI Tools by Red Hat
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Enterprise Hybrid Cloud AI Platform
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Products & Services
The world's leading enterprise Linux platform, certified on hundreds of clouds and with thousands of hardware and software vendors.
A hybrid cloud, enterprise Kubernetes platform to build, modernize, and deploy applications at scale.
An end-to-end IT automation platform to manage and scale infrastructure across clouds and networks.
A unified AI platform for building and running models and applications across the hybrid cloud.
Market Position
Red Hat is the leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, competing with VMware, Microsoft, and public cloud providers by offering hybrid-cloud flexibility and avoiding vendor lock-in.
Leadership
Founders
Bob Young
Co-founder and former CEO. Previously a typewriter and office supply salesman who started ACC Corp, a catalog business that merged with Marc Ewing's enterprise.
Marc Ewing
Co-founder and creator of the Red Hat brand of software. A computer engineer from Carnegie Mellon University who started Red Hat in his wife's sewing closet.
Executive Team
Matt Hicks
President and CEO
Joined Red Hat in 2006 as a developer. Previously served as Executive Vice President of Products and Technologies.
Chris Wright
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Leads the Office of the CTO and Global Engineering. Over 25 years of experience in the software industry.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Red Hat was founded by Marc Ewing and Bob Young. Ewing created his own Linux distribution in his wife's sewing closet, wearing a red lacrosse hat from his grandfather. Young, who ran a catalog business, merged with Ewing in 1994 to form Red Hat Software.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Subscription-based model for enterprise-grade open source software, support, and services.
Pricing Tiers
Entry-level RHEL subscription without Red Hat support.
Includes standard business hours support.
Includes 24x7 support for high-severity issues.
Target Markets
- Enterprise IT
- Financial Services
- Telecommunications
- Public Sector
- Healthcare
- Automotive
- Cloud-native application development
- Infrastructure modernization
- IT automation
- Enterprise AI deployment
- Edge computing
- UPS
- Telefonica
- Cathay Pacific
- BMW Group