Editing Gen Digital (section)

{{short description|Multinational software company}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Gen Digital Inc.
| logo = Gen logo.svg
| image = NortonLifeLock Inc HQ 111519.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_caption = Gen Digital co-headquarters in Tempe, Arizona
| former_name = {{Plainlist|
* Symantec Corporation<br />(1982–2019)
* NortonLifeLock Inc.<br />(2019–2022)
}}
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{Unbulleted list
|{{NASDAQ|GEN}}
|[[S&P 500]] component
}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|1982|3|1}} in [[Sunnyvale, California]], U.S.
| founder = [[Gary Hendrix]]
| hq_location = {{Plainlist|
* [[Tempe, Arizona|Tempe]], Arizona, U.S.
* [[Prague]], Czech Republic
}}
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list
||Frank E. Dangeard ([[chairman]])
|[[Vincent Pilette]] ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
}}
| industry = [[Software industry|Software]]
| products = [[Cybersecurity software]]
| services = [[Computer security]]
| revenue = {{decrease}} {{US$|3.81 billion|link=yes}}
| revenue_year = 2024
| operating_income = {{decrease}} {{US$|1.12 billion}}
| income_year = 2024
| net_income = {{decrease}} {{US$|616 million}}
| net_income_year = 2024
| assets = {{decrease}} {{US$|15.8 billion}}
| assets_year = 2024
| equity = {{decrease}} {{US$|2.20 billion}}
| equity_year = 2024
| num_employees = {{circa|3,400}}
| num_employees_year = 2024
| owner = [[Pavel Baudiš]] (8.1%) <ref>[https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000114036124034509/ny20030351x1_def14a.htm 2024 Proxy statement]</ref>
| brands = {{Plainlist|
* [[Norton (software)|Norton]]
* [[Avast (software)|Avast]]
* [[LifeLock]]
* [[Avira (software)|Avira]]
* [[AVG (software)|AVG]]
* [[ReputationDefender]]
* [[CCleaner]]
}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.gendigital.com/}}
| footnotes = Financials {{as of|2024|3|29|lc=y|df=US}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=FY 2024 Annual Report (Form 10-K) |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000084939924000036/gen-20240329.htm |website=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |date=May 16, 2024 |pages=10, 42–43}}</ref>
}}

'''Gen Digital Inc.''' (formerly '''Symantec Corporation''' and '''NortonLifeLock Inc.''') is a multinational [[software company]] co-headquartered in both [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]] ([[European Union|EU]]) and [[Tempe, Arizona]] ([[United States|USA]]). The company provides [[computer security|cybersecurity]] [[software]] and services. Gen is a [[Fortune 500]] company and a member of the [[S&P 500]] stock-market index. It is listed at both [[Nasdaq|NASDAQ]] and [[Prague Stock Exchange]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=GEN DIGITAL {{!}} Prague Stock Exchange |url=https://www.pse.cz/en/detail/US6687711084 |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=www.pse.cz |language=en}}</ref> Its portfolio includes [[Norton (software)|Norton]], [[Avast (software)|Avast]], [[LifeLock]], [[Avira (software)|Avira]], [[AVG (software)|AVG]], [[ReputationDefender]], MoneyLion and [[CCleaner]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gen Digital Inc, GEN:NSQ profile - FT.com |url=https://markets.ft.com/data/equities/tearsheet/profile?s=GEN:NSQ |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=markets.ft.com}}</ref>

On October 9, 2014, Symantec declared it would split into two independent publicly traded companies by the end of 2015. One company would focus on security, the other on [[information management]]. On January 29, 2016, Symantec sold its information-management subsidiary, named [[Veritas Technologies|Veritas]], and which Symantec had acquired in 2004,<ref name="Bray 2015">{{Cite news|last=Bray|first=Chad|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/12/business/dealbook/carlyle-group-veritas-technologies-symantec-deal.html|title=Carlyle Group and Other Investors to Acquire Veritas Technologies for $8 Billion|date=August 11, 2015|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 21, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> to [[The Carlyle Group]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Kuranda|first=Sarah|url=https://www.crn.com/news/security/300079555/partners-cheer-the-official-closing-date-of-symantec-split.htm|title=Partners Cheer the Official Closing Date of Symantec Split|date=January 29, 2016|work=CRN|access-date=February 21, 2016}}</ref> On August 8, 2019, [[Broadcom]] announced they would be acquiring the Enterprise Security software division of Symantec for $10.7 billion.<ref name="Novet 2019">{{Cite news |last=Novet |first=Jordan |date=August 8, 2019 |title=Broadcom acquires Symantec's enterprise business for $10.7 billion |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/08/broadcom-acquires-symantecs-enterprise-business-for-10point7-billion.html |access-date=February 5, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> After the acquisition, Symantec became known as NortonLifeLock.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kan |first=Michael |date=November 6, 2019 |title=Symantec Becomes NortonLifeLock |url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/symantec-becomes-nortonlifelock |access-date=February 6, 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Avalos 2020">{{Cite web |last=Avalos |first=George |date=January 15, 2020 |title=Cyber-security firm, headquarters moved to Arizona, selling 10 California buildings |url=https://www.pe.com/symantec-buyers-sale-mega-portfolio-silicon-valley-buildings-mountain-view-google-tech-develop |access-date=May 23, 2020 |website=Press Enterprise |language=en-US}}</ref> After completing its merger with [[Avast]] in September 2022, the company adopted the name Gen Digital.<ref name="Scroxton 2022">{{Cite web |last=Scroxton |first=Alex |date=November 8, 2022 |title=NortonLifeLock, Avast debut new 'Gen' identity |url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527041/NortonLifeLock-Avast-debut-new-Gen-identity |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=ComputerWeekly.com |language=en}}</ref>