History
Maxim was founded in April 1983. Its nine initial team members had a variety of experience in semiconductors design and sales. Based on a two-page business plan, they obtained $9 million in venture capital to establish the company. In the first year, the company developed 24 second source products. After that, Maxim designed proprietary products that offered greater differentiation and higher profits.
Maxim recorded its first profitable fiscal year in 1987, and posted a profit every year since it went public in 1988. Annual revenue reached $500 million in fiscal year 1998 and in fiscal 2011 totaled over $2.47 billion.
As of 2011 the company sold a wide variety of analog and mixed-signal devices, with thousands of different products. Of about 9,300 employees, approximately 4,500 were employed in the United States. Tunç Doluca became chief executive officer in January 2007.
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