With this new search engine, China captured around 10% of the total search engine market. Later in 2012, the company released a search engine so.com and it became a competitor of Baidu, China’s one of the most prominent search engines. On the first day of releasing the new phone, the company received over 200,000 pre-orders. In a joint venture with Haier, a Chinese electronics company, it released a new product line Battleship (phone). So, in March 2011, Qihoo 360 got listed on the New York Stock Exchange as QIHU.Īfter Qihoo 360 started operating as a public company, it eventually expanded its business and entered the smartphone market in 2012. When the company filed its IPO it raised $175 million and it marked a date in history for being the largest IPO of a Chinese company in the US. After operating for six years as a private company, it decided to file its IPO in 2011.
#Qihoo 360 web browser software
Image source: Early History Of Qihoo 360īack in 2005, when the company was founded, it was mainly known for its anti-virus software product. Qihoo 360 has more than 10,000 patents for its original and core technology. Apart from the software products, the company provides services like security consulting, security maintenance, security training, etc. The company has crossed more than 500 million daily active users for its software products.
The company also works closely with the government for national security products. The company is known for its widely used products like 360 Total Security, 360 Mobile Security, enterprise security browsers, etc. Qihoo 360 is the largest provider of cybersecurity and mobile security software in China. Qihoo 360 is a privately held company and it has more than 4,000 employees. This antivirus software is available for both PCs and mobile phones. The company is famous for its antivirus software, 360 Safeguard, and its web browser, 360 Secure Browser. He co-founded the company with Qi Xiangdong who is the present director of Qihoo 360.
Zhou Hongyi is the co-founder and the current CEO and Chairman of the company.
The headquarters of the company is based in Beijing, China, and its products and services are used all over the world. The Chinese internet security company, Qihoo 360 was born in 2005 in London.
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