The company behind Webex
Cisco
Webex is made by Cisco, the networking, security and collaboration technology company; the Webex site carries Cisco's copyright and sends job seekers to Cisco's careers site. Cisco sells Webex by subscription, alongside the room devices and phones that work with it.
Read on Oct 6, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
Webex at a glance
- Chief executive
- Chuck Robbins
- Founded
- 1984
- Based in
- San Jose, California
- Team
- 82,400 people
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
Webex's CEO and founders
The people Cisco names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there.
Company details
- Ownership
- Publicly traded. Cisco Systems, Inc. is a listed company: its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CSCO, according to its annual report for fiscal 2026. sec.gov
- Founded
- 1984 sec.gov
- Based in
- San Jose, California cisco.com
- Team
- Approximately 82,400 employees across the whole of Cisco as of July 25, 2026, according to its annual report sec.gov
- Hiring
- Cisco's careers site lists 1,333 open jobs across the whole company, most of them in product and engineering, sales and customer experience careers.cisco.com
- Partner program
- Cisco 360 Partner Program, Cisco's company-wide program for firms that sell its products: partners register their company and get incentives across the customer lifecycle and customer-facing designations. No rates are published. cisco.com
Webex on social media and the web
- Blog · blog.webex.com
- Changelog · webex.com
- Community · community.cisco.com
- Status page · status.webex.com
- Careers · webex.com
Only accounts Cisco links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
Webex news and launches
- Oct 5, 2026Cloud Intelligence for UCM: Modernization needs a strategy, not a deadline.
- Oct 5, 2026Translator Agent brings real-time AI translation to Webex Calling
- Sep 17, 2026Announcing a new era of trusted calling with Webex Calling and SecureLogix
- Aug 27, 2026Modernizing the on-premises Contact Center with AI; Webex AI Agent now available with CCE Release 15
Questions about Webex the company
Who is the CEO of Webex?
Chuck Robbins is Cisco's chair and Chief Executive Officer, according to newsroom.cisco.com, as read on Oct 6, 2026.
When was Webex founded?
Cisco was founded in 1984, according to sec.gov.
Is Webex funded by investors?
Cisco Systems, Inc. is a listed company: its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CSCO, according to its annual report for fiscal 2026. Its money comes from the listed company, not from rounds of its own.
Who owns Webex?
Cisco Systems, Inc. is a listed company: its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CSCO, according to its annual report for fiscal 2026.
Where is Webex based?
Cisco gives its base as San Jose, California.
How many people work at Webex?
Approximately 82,400 employees across the whole of Cisco as of July 25, 2026, according to its annual report.
Is Webex hiring?
Cisco's careers site lists 1,333 open jobs across the whole company, most of them in product and engineering, sales and customer experience.
Is Webex on social media?
Cisco links to its own accounts on YouTube. The links are on this page, taken from Cisco's own site.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 6, 2026. Facts come from Cisco’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.