Quest Software

Quest Software, also known as Quest, is a privately held software company headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, United States. The company was founded in 1987 and has 53 offices in 24 countries.

History

Quest Software was founded in 1987 in Newport Beach, California, with a line of products for HP Multi-Programming Executive (MPE). In 1995, Vinny Smith<ref name=":3">Template:Cite web</ref> joined the company. The following year, Quest entered the database management market with an Oracle SQL database tuning product.Template:Citation needed In 1997, Quest opened an office in the United Kingdom.Template:Citation needed

Doug Garn joined Quest as the vice president of sales in 1998.<ref name="Wikinvest">Template:Cite web</ref> That same year, Quest added offices in Germany and Australia, and Smith became CEO.<ref name="Wikinvest"/>

In October, Quest acquired TOAD.<ref name=":4">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":5">Template:Cite news</ref>

On August 13, 1999, Quest Software went public.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Garn became CEO and president, and Smith became executive chairman of Quest in 2008.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> In 2009, Alan Fudge became vice president of sales.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2011, Smith became CEO and chairman, and Garn became vice chairman.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On September 28, 2012, Dell announced it had completed the acquisition of Quest Software.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2016, Quest Software acquired ScriptLogic,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Charonware s.r.o from the Czech Republic. Charonware made CASE Studio2, and after being acquired, Quest folded it into the TOAD Data Modeler product.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On November 1, 2016, Francisco Partners and Elliott Management completed the purchase of Dell Software,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the company re-launched itself as Quest Software.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On June 1, 2017, One Identity was announced as an independent brand, but remained part of the Quest family of businesses.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On September 2, 2020, Quest acquired Binary Tree.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On January 5, 2021, Quest acquired erwin, Inc., including erwin Data Modeler.

Quest Software EMEA headquarters in Cork, Ireland

On November 29, 2021, Clearlake Capital bought Quest from Francisco Partners for $5.4 billion, including debt.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On January 27, 2025, Quest named Tim Page CEO.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In August, 2025, the company named Ashish Joshi president.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>