Editing SAP (section)

== Corporate structure and ownership ==
SAP had the following ownership structure in early 2024:<ref>{{Cite news |title=SAP Management {{!}} Profil {{!}} Unternehmen |url=https://www.boerse.de/unternehmensprofil/SAP-Aktie/DE0007164600 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=boerse.de |language=de}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
![[Shareholder]] name
!Percentage
|-
|[[Hasso Plattner]]
|6.60%
|-
|[[BlackRock, Inc.]]
|5.53%
|-
|[[Dietmar Hopp]] Stiftung GmbH
|5.04%
|-
|SAP SE
|5.01%
|-
|[[Capital Group Companies|Capital Group Companies Inc.]]
|3.27%
|-
|[[Klaus Tschira Foundation|Klaus Tschira Stiftung gGmbH]]
|3.63%
|-
|[[Goldman Sachs]]
|0.39%
|-
|[[Public float|Free float]]
|70.53%
|}

{{Broader|SAP and unions}}

SAP uses a two-tier structure of boards with an [[Vorstand|executive board]] and a [[supervisory board]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://supersaver.com.ng/bky4w/board-of-management.html|title=Board of management}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SAP Executive Board |url=http://www.sap.com/corporate-en/about/our-company/our-boards/executive-board.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729213915/http://www.sap.com/corporate-en/about/our-company/our-boards/executive-board.html |archive-date=29 July 2015 |access-date=4 August 2015 |publisher=SAP}}</ref> In October 2019 [[Jennifer Morgan]] and [[Christian Klein]] were appointed as co-[[Chief executive officer|CEO]]s of SAP.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-10 |title=SAP Sets Course with Next-Generation Leadership Team |url=https://news.sap.com/2019/10/sap-set-course-future-next-generation-leadership/ |access-date=2019-10-11 |publisher=SAP News Center |language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2020 it was announced that [[Jennifer Morgan]] will leave SAP and Christian Klein will continue to operate as the sole CEO, citing that the current environment of the [[COVID-19 recession]] requires "companies to take swift, determined action which is best supported by a very clear leadership structure".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-20 |title=Jennifer Morgan Departs SAP, Christian Klein Continues as CEO |url=https://news.sap.com/2020/04/morgan-departs-klein-continues-as-sap-ceo/ |access-date=2020-04-21 |publisher=SAP News Center |language=en-US}}</ref>

The majority of the company's employees are in Germany and United States. About 20,000 employees are based in Germany<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 May 2019 |title=Adam speaks at SAPs global HQ in Germany, home to over 20,000 employees |url=https://adamhenderson.co.uk/adam-speaks-at-saps-global-hq-in-germany-home-to-over-20000-employees/}}</ref> and about 19,311 employees are based in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SAP America |url=https://fortune.com/best-companies/2020/sap-america/ |publisher=Fortune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Working at SAP America |url=https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/1001312 |publisher=Great Place to Work}}</ref>

45 employee representatives were elected in 2022 to the SAP ''SE Works Council'', including 15 candidates from the [[Ver.di]] and [[IG Metall]] trade union lists. They represent 17,000 employees of Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kerkmann |first=Christoph |date=2022-07-22 |title=Softwarehersteller: Überraschung bei SAP: IG Metall gewinnt Betriebsratswahl |url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/it-internet/softwarehersteller-ueberraschung-bei-sap-ig-metall-gewinnt-betriebsratswahl/28232360.html |access-date=2022-04-18 |publisher=Handelsblatt |language=de}}</ref> 
 
Headquarters is responsible for overall management as well as core engineering activities related to product development. Worldwide customer support is not provided by the field organizations but by a unified organization called Active Global Support (AGS).<ref>{{Cite web |title=SAP Software Solutions Business Applications and Technology |url=https://www.sap.com/index.html |publisher=SAP}}</ref>

The company also encourages employees to volunteer through social sabbaticals, sending teams of people to different countries to aid non-profits. SAP employees have volunteered in China, India, Brazil, and South Africa.<ref>{{cite web |date=11 February 2014 |title=How EY and SAP are championing corporate volunteering |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/ernst-young-sap-corporate-volunteering |access-date=13 November 2016 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>