SanDisk

SanDisk designs and manufactures flash memory products, including memory cards, USB flash drives, and solid-state drives (SSDs).

Industrial Technologies
Active
Public Milpitas, United States Founded 1988
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Last updated 2026-08-20
Total raised
$874.0M
Stage
Public
Founded
1988
Headcount
500+
HQ
Milpitas, United States
Sector
Industrial Technologies

About

SanDisk Corporation is a multinational computer semiconductor company that designs, develops, and manufactures flash memory storage solutions and software. The company's products include solid-state drives (SSDs), memory cards, and USB flash drives, serving consumer, mobile, OEM, and enterprise markets. SanDisk was founded in 1988 and has a significant R&D presence in Israel, with one of its co-founders being Israeli. It became a public company in 1995, was acquired by Western Digital in 2016, and was spun off as a new public company in 2025.

Funding history · 3 rounds · $874.0M total

2026-02
Public Offering $714.0M
2025-02
Undisclosed Round Undisclosed
1995-11
Public Offering $160.0M

Team · 17

Eli Harari
Founder · founders
Sanjay Mehrotra
Founder · founders
Jack Yuan
Founder · founders
David Goeckeler
CEO
Luis F. Visoso Lomelin
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Alper Ilkbahar
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Bernard Shek
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
David V. Goeckeler
Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board
Devinder Kumar
Independent Director
Ellyn J. Shook
Independent Director
Kimberly E. Alexy
Independent Director
Matthew E. Massengill
Independent Director
Miyuki Suzuki
Independent Director
Necip Sayiner
Independent Director
Richard B. Cassidy II
Independent Director
Thomas Caulfield
Independent Director
Alexander Bradley
Director

Sectors & technology

Primary sector
Industrial Technologies
Technologies
Target customers
Business model
B2CB2B

Highlights

Patents

Tags

flash-memorysolid-state-drivesmemory-cardsusb-flash-drivessemiconductor-manufacturingdata-storage
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External links

Websitesandisk.com

Identifiers & details

Legal nameSanDisk Corporation
Founded1988
Employees (exact)12000

Acquisitions & public offerings

AcquiredDateAmount
Fusion-io2014-06$1.1B
SMART Storage Systems2013-07$307.0M
Schooner Information Technology2012-06
FlashSoft2012-02
Pliant Technology2011-05$327.0M
M-Systems2006-07$1.4B
Matrix Semiconductor2005-10