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title: "Qualcomm: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Qualcomm Incorporated is an American multinational technology corporation headquartered in San Diego, California. The company develops and designs technologies for global communications and computing, including next-generation mobile networks, smart devices, and semiconductors, such as mobile processors and artificial intelligence chips."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-qualcomm
type: Organization
wikidata: Q544847
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm
website: https://www.qualcomm.com/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
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# Qualcomm

> Qualcomm Incorporated is an American multinational technology corporation headquartered in San Diego, California. The company develops and designs technologies for global communications and computing, including next-generation mobile networks, smart devices, and semiconductors, such as mobile processors and artificial intelligence chips.

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## Facts

- Category: Chips and hardware
- Country: United States
- Founded: 1985-07-01
- Headquarters: San Diego
- Status: public
- Website: https://www.qualcomm.com/
- Employees: 45,000 (as of 2021-09-26)
- Also known as: QCOM (NASDAQ), Qualcomm Incorporated, QUALCOMM Incorporated (San Diego, CA), QUALity COMMunications
- Industries: telecommunications, radio, semiconductor industry

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/Qualcomm
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qualcomm
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH6eZr6vbZ6Bx53TyuSzxrg
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/qualcomm
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qualcomm

## Key people

- Irwin M. Jacobs, founder (American electrical engineer and philanthropist)
- Andrew Viterbi, founder (Italian-born American electrical engineer and businessman)
- Cristiano Amon, chief executive (Brazilian engineer & corporate executive; CEO of Qualcomm), since 2021-06-30
- Paul E. Jacobs, chair (American chief executive)
- Marta Karczewicz (Polish computer engineer and inventor)

## Revenue

- undated: USD 23.6 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 22.3 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 22.6 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 24.3 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 23.5 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 33.6 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 44.2 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 35.8 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 39 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 44.3 billion (SEC filing)
- 2008-01-01: USD 11.1 billion (Wikidata)
- 2009-01-01: USD 10.4 billion (Wikidata)
- 2010-01-01: USD 11 billion (Wikidata)
- 2011-01-01: USD 15 billion (Wikidata)
- 2012-01-01: USD 19.1 billion (Wikidata)
- 2013-01-01: USD 24.9 billion (Wikidata)
- 2014-09-28: USD 26.5 billion (Wikidata)
- 2015-09-27: USD 25.3 billion (Wikidata)
- 2016-09-25: USD 23.6 billion (Wikidata)
- 2017-01-01: USD 22.3 billion (Wikidata)
- 2018-09-30: USD 22.7 billion (Wikidata)
- 2019-01-01: USD 24.3 billion (Wikidata)
- 2020-01-01: USD 23.5 billion (Wikidata)
- 2021-09-26: USD 33.6 billion (Wikidata)
- 2022-01-01: USD 44.2 billion (Wikidata)
- 2023-01-01: USD 35.8 billion (Wikidata)
- 2024-01-01: USD 39 billion (Wikidata)
- 2025-01-01: USD 44.3 billion (Wikidata)

## Ownership

Subsidiaries: [Qualcomm Atheros](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-qualcomm-atheros.md), [Qualcomm MEMS Technologies](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-qualcomm-mems-technologies.md), [Qualcomm (United Kingdom)](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-qualcomm-united-kingdom.md), [Qualcomm (Canada)](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-qualcomm-canada.md), [Qualcomm Communications SARL](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-qualcomm-communications-sarl.md)

## Products

- computer hardware
- software
- Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless
- Qualcomm Snapdragon
- networking hardware

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Qualcomm, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-qualcomm#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q544847, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm
- Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000804328

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