Overview
Victor and Janie Tsao started the company in 1988 as DEW International, working out of their garage in Irvine’s Woodbridge neighborhood, and later renamed it Linksys. Today it runs its operations from Irvine, near UC Irvine. It makes Wi-Fi gear for homes and small businesses, including routers, Velop mesh systems, extenders, and switches. Linksys says it has shipped more than 170 million devices.
Linksys passed through Cisco, Belkin, and Foxconn ownership. Fortinet bought a majority stake in 2021 and took full ownership on January 31, 2025, so Linksys is now a wholly owned Fortinet subsidiary.
Notable products
Working here
- Irvine office
- 121 Theory, Suite 200, Irvine, CA 92617
View on map - Company size
- 1–500 employeesThird-party estimates put headcount at roughly 350–440 worldwide in 2026 (PitchBook, Revelio Labs).
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