Cornerstone OnDemand

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Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.
ISINUS21925Y1038
IndustrySoftware
FoundedSanta Monica (1999)
Founders
  • Adam Miller
  • Perry Wallack
  • Steven Seymour
Headquarters
Santa Monica, California
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Himanshu Palsule (CEO)
RevenueIncrease$740.9 million [1]
Number of employees
Approx. 3,000 [2]
Websitecornerstoneondemand.com

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. is a cloud-based people development software provider and learning technology company.[3][4] The company was publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol Nasdaq: CSOD until it was acquired by private-equity firm Clearlake Capital in 2021.[5] Cornerstone started as CyberU, which provided online corporate training and education for adults, but eventually shifted focus to human resources software.[6]

History[edit]

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. was founded by Adam Miller, Perry Wallack and Steven Seymour in 1999 under the name CyberU and as a learning technology company.[7] It is based in Santa Monica, CA.[8]

The company went public in 2011 on NASDAQ and trades under the symbol CSOD.[9] As of 2017, more than 3000 companies were using the companies software.[10] With the purchase of Saba in 2020, the company expanded to 7000 users.[11]

In 2017, the company received a $300 million investment from Linkedin and Silver Lake.[12]

In August 2021, Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. was acquired by private equity firm Clearlake Capital Group in a deal estimated to be worth $5.2 billion. The new owner will be taking the company private.[8]

Acquisitions[edit]

Date Company Type Price
2012 Sonar6 cloud-based talent management software for small business $14 million USD[13]
2014 Evolv data analysis software provider $42.5 million USD.[13][14][15]
2018 Workpop a developer of software to help match employers and job candidates[16]
2018 Grovo Learning Inc employee learning platform $24 million USD[17]
2020 Clustree a French job skills platform $18.5 Million USD[18]
2020 Saba management development company $1.4 billion USD.[3][11]
2022 EdCast Learning Experience Platform, Digital Adoption Platform and Marketplace
2022 SumTotal human resource management software company

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. 2020 Earnings Announcement". Cornerstone OnDemand. February 16, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  2. ^ "What it's Like Taking Over Cornerstone at a 'Bizarro Time' - a Q&A with Saunders and Miller". Dot.LA. May 13, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Cornerstone to buy talent management developer Saba". HR Executive. February 25, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  4. ^ "The 25 Best Workplaces in the Bay Area". Fortune. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  5. ^ "Clearlake Capital Completes Acquisition of Cornerstone OnDemand" (Press release). PR Newswire. October 19, 2021.
  6. ^ "A Cornerstone of the Cloud". Real Money. April 27, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  7. ^ Markman, Jon (2012-04-27). "A Cornerstone of the Cloud". RealMoney. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  8. ^ a b "In $5.2B deal, Cornerstone OnDemand goes private". SearchHRSoftware. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  9. ^ "Clearlake Capital to Buy Cornerstone OnDemand for $5.2 Billion | Los Angeles Business Journal". labusinessjournal.com. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  10. ^ "Cornerstone OnDemand reimagines the corporate training video experience". Los Angeles Times. 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  11. ^ a b Dignan, Larry. "Cornerstone OnDemand buys Saba for $1.4 billion". ZDNet. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  12. ^ Kang, Jaewon (2017-11-09). "Silver Lake, LinkedIn Invest $300 Million in Software Provider Cornerstone OnDemand". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  13. ^ a b Savitz, Eric. "Cornerstone OnDemand Buys Sonar6 For $14 Million". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  14. ^ King, Rachel. "Cornerstone OnDemand nabs machine-learning big data platform Evolv". ZDNet. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  15. ^ "Cornerstone OnDemand Acquires Evolv Inc. for $43 Million | Los Angeles Business Journal". labusinessjournal.com. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  16. ^ "Cornerstone OnDemand Acquires Hiring Platform Workpop | Los Angeles Business Journal". labusinessjournal.com. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  17. ^ "Cornerstone Buys Grovo Learning for $24M | Los Angeles Business Journal". labusinessjournal.com. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  18. ^ "French startup Clustree acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand for $18.5 million". Tech.eu. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-15.

External links[edit]

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