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Visio Corporation

Logo: Visio Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American software company, 1989–2000

Visio Corporation was a software company based in Seattle, Washington, best known for creating the Visio diagramming application. Founded in 1989 by alumni of Aldus Corporation, the company released its first product in 1992 and went public in 1995.2 It is part of Microsoft.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

May 1, 1989Founded1
  • Industrysoftware development1
  • HeadquartersSeattle1

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Visio Corporation was a software company based in Seattle, Washington, best known for creating the Visio diagramming application. Founded in 1989 by alumni of Aldus Corporation, the company released its first product in 1992 and went public in 1995.2

Corporate structure

Visio Corporation is part of a group headed by Microsoft. 191 entities, 29 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • software

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Former names

  • Shapeware Corporation1992 to Nov 19951
  • Axon CorporationMay 1, 1989 to 19921

Timeline

  1. Jan 7, 2000Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Nov 1995Renamed Name changed to Visio Corporation1
  3. 1992Renamed Name changed to Shapeware Corporation1
  4. May 1, 1989Founded Founded1

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