industry software as a service founded august 8 1989 1989 08 08 2 headquarters 107 northeastern blvd. nashua nh united states 3 key people chuck moran president and ceo jerald nine coo 4 products educational technology learning management systems training content owner charterhouse capital partners as of april 2014 update number of employees 2 400 5 as of 2014 update website www.skillsoft.com skillsoft is an american educational technology company that produces learning management system software and content . as of 2014 update it was one of the world s largest corporate training providers with 10 000 customers 60 million users and 2 400 employees . 5 contents 1 history 1.1 ownership 1.2 mergers and acquisitions 2 products 3 references history edit ownership edit skillsoft was traded on nasdaq under the stock symbol skil with an ipo in february 2000 6 and a spo in july 2001 . 7 8 in may 2010 the company was bought out for us 1.2 billion by ssi investments iii limited a firm funded by berkshire partners advent international and bain capital . 9 10 skillsoft was sold by berkshire partners to charterhouse capital partners on april 28 2014 . 9 2 mergers and acquisitions edit in 2002 skillsoft merged with it courseware company smartforce with the combined company retaining the skillsoft name . 1 skillsoft s acquisitions include netg acquired 2007 from thomson corporation 1 mindleaders thirdforce group acquired september 2012 9 sumtotal systems acquired september 2014 5 element k acquired october 2011 from niit 9 vodeclic sas acquired may 2015 11 products edit skillsoft s products include 2 skillchoice multi modal learning solutions resources for formal training skillport learning management platform skillsoft dialogue virtual classroom knowledgecenters prepackaged learning portals business impact series audio based dramatizations of workplace problems challenge series interactive case studies business skills courseware collection 2 200 titles it skills and certification courseware collection 2 450 titles desktop skills courseware collection 800 titles legal compliance federal government compliance and environmental safety and health courseware collection references edit a b c about skillsoft . skillsoft . retrieved 17 june 2015 . a b c skillsoft . crunchbase . retrieved 17 june 2015 . skillsoft corporation company information . hoovers . retrieved 17 june 2015 . company overview of skillsoft limited . bloomberg business . retrieved 17 june 2015 . a b c bersin josh october 1 2014 . skillsoft acquisition of sumtotal corporate training market disruption . forbes . retrieved 17 june 2015 . skillsoft corp skil ipo . nasdaq . retrieved 19 june 2015 . skillsoft corp skil spo . nasdaq . retrieved 19 june 2015 . brown rodney h. february 15 2010 . skillsoft to go private in 1b buyout from bain and partners . boston business journal . retrieved 19 june 2015 . a b c d skillsoft . berkshire partners . retrieved 17 june 2015 . suria asif april 6 2010 . merger arbitrage mondays april 5 2010 . seeking alpha . retrieved 19 june 2015 . skillsoft announces acquisition of vodeclic . businesswire . berkshire hathaway . may 7 2015 . retrieved 17 june 2015 . this technology article about a corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title skillsoft & oldid 742617496 categories technological company stubseducational technology companiestechnology companies established in 1989e learningonline educationhidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from april 2014all articles containing potentially dated statementsarticles containing potentially dated statements from 2014all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 19 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view