SUSE S.A.

SUSE is a multinational open-source software company that develops and sells Linux products to business customers, recognized as the first company to market Linux for enterprise. Founded in 1992, its mission is to empower customers with the freedom to innovate everywhere by providing secure, adaptable open-source solutions. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Luxembourg City, with significant operational activities, including a major software development office, in Nuremberg, Germany.

SUSE's core offerings include the SUSE Linux Enterprise product family (Server, Desktop, Micro), SUSE Rancher for Kubernetes management, SUSE Manager, SUSE Enterprise Storage, and SUSE Edge solutions. The company also provides container security with SUSE NeuVector and lightweight Kubernetes distributions like K3s. These products and services cater to enterprise Linux operating systems, container management, storage, and edge computing software, supporting mission-critical workloads across various industries such as automotive, telecom, banking, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and federal sectors.

Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen serves as the Chief Executive Officer. SUSE was delisted from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on November 13, 2023, and is now privately held by its majority shareholder, Marcel LUX III SARL, which is owned by the Swedish investment firm EQT AB. Recent strategic developments include the launch of "SUSE AI Factory with NVIDIA" in April 2026, an AI infrastructure stack designed to build, deploy, and manage AI workloads with an emphasis on digital sovereignty. Additionally, SUSE formed a strategic partnership with evroc in December 2025 to deliver sovereign European cloud solutions, integrating SUSE Linux Enterprise and SUSE Rancher Prime onto evroc's platform. The company positions itself as a global leader in enterprise open-source solutions, with over 60% of Fortune 500 companies reportedly relying on SUSE for some of their workloads.