The story of SAP is a remarkable tale of innovation and exponential growth dating back to 1972 -- when five former IBM employees founded the company in Mannheim, southern Germany. The software they developed revolutionized the way companies operate. It made SAP a global success, and our software continues to revolutionize businesses -- both large and small -- around the world.

Today, SAP is a € 11.7 billion corporation listed on the Frankfurt and New York stock exchanges. We have over 86,000 customers, and those customers are in every major industry from banking and healthcare to higher education and retail.

And our employees make it all happen. Today, we have over 51,500 employees in 120 countries, working to develop, deliver, and deploy solutions that are making thousands of customers successful -- customers like Nike, Coca-Cola, Starbucks, BMW, Lufthansa, Adobe, and Sony.