• SanDisk is a multinational corporation based in the U.S.. The company primarily manufactures and markets Flash memory products, but they also produce MP3 players and card readers.

  Samsung went public with a hostile bid for SanDisk on September 16, 2008, after four months of failed negotiations.VentureBeat: Samsung makes a hostile $5.8 billion offer for SanDisk SanDisk is in negotiations to avoid the takeover by making a strategic deal with Toshiba.VentureBeat: Updated: SanDisk may escape Samsung hostile takeover through a deal with Toshiba

• Fast Facts:

  1. Stock symbol: SNDK, (NASDAQ)
  2. Annual revenue (2007): $3.896 billion U.S.
  3. Founders: Eli Harari and Sanjay Mehrotra
  4. Year Established: 1988
  5. Industry: Flash Memory
  6. Phone: 1-408-801-1000
  7. Fax: 1-408-542-0503
  8. HQ: Milpitas, California
  9. President: Sanjay Mehrotra
  10. CEO: Eli Harari
  11. CFO: Judy Bruner
  12. Staff: 3,172
  13. Other key people: Eli Harari, Chairman of the Board

• Key Dates

  • 1988: Sandisk founded by Eli Harari, Sanjay Mehrotra and Jack Yuan with patents completed in the coming months
  • 1990: Ships first product, a 4Mbit flash chip
  • 1992: Profit at $22 million with 100 employees
  • 1995: The company goes public
  • 1998: Launches a 128Mbit flash chip
  • 2000: Named as one of Fortune Magazine's fastest growing companies
  • 2003: Introduces a four gigabyte CompactFlash Card
  • 2006: Announces retail distribution in India

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