as fwb gks industry enterprise software founded sch neck vogtland saxony germany 1990 1990 founder rainer gl ceo stephan kronm ller headquarters sch neck vogtland germany area served worldwide key people rainer gl ceo andr hergert cfo revenue 62 602 million 2015 1 operating income 1 276 million 2015 1 profit 1 50 million 2015 1 total assets 67 760 million 2015 1 total equity 28 967 million 2015 1 number of employees 794 31 mar 2016 2 website www.gk software.com gk software ag is a listed technology company headquartered in sch neck vogtland . the company specializes in software solutions and services for the operation of large retail company branches . gk employs about 794 individuals at eleven locations worldwide . 2 the name stands for the initials of the two founders of the company rainer gl and stephan kronm ller . according to the fiscal year 2015 annual report gk software achieved revenue of 62 602 million . 1 history edit rainer gl and stephan kronm ller founded g & k datensysteme gmbh in sch neck vogtland in 1990 . after successful growth the company was converted into a stock corporation in 2001 and in 2008 went public in the prime standard of deutsche b rse . 3 the specialist for mobile solutions solquest gmbh was acquired by gk in 2009 . in 2012 the acquisition of the awek group considerably reinforced the services business segment of the company . gk software acquired the retail segment of dbs data business systems inc. a us based point of sale software specialist in 2015 . in 2010 ceo rainer gl was awarded the ernst & young business award as entrepreneur of the year . 4 the munich strategy group awarded gk software a third place rank on the list of the most successful german mid size enterprises in 2013 . 5 the company maintains elven locations in germany as well as in south africa the united states russia switzerland and in the czech republic . 1 the company distributes its products under the name gk retail business suite . this includes software for point of sale pos backoffice merchandise management store device control sales promotion administration of vouchers automatic label printing open scale and monitoring . in 2009 sap initially took over the distribution of two products . this has now extended to five products whose distribution is aimed globally since 2013 . 6 references edit a b c d e f g gk software annual report 2015 . gk software ag . retrieved 2 may 2016 . a b gk software interim report q1 2016 . gk software ag . retrieved 26 may 2016 . b rseng nge aktie der gk software bietet chancen german . faz.net 2 june 2008 . retrieved on 22 may 2015 . gut orchestrierte unternehmen german . manager magazin.de 15 november 2010 . retrieved on 22 may 2015 . ranking deutschlands erfolgreichste mittelst ndler german . welt.de 27 october 2013 . retrieved on 22 may 2015 . sap offers retailers in north america a full range of store solutions to optimize their businesses through extended global reseller agreement with gk software . sap news.com 28 may 2013 . retrieved on 22 may 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gk software & oldid 734100510 categories 1990 establishments in germanysoftware companies of germanycompanies based in saxonymultinational companies headquartered in germanyhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 12 august 2016 at 04 07 . 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