Goerz vs Silent Circle

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Goerz is the older of the two, founded in 1886 — 125 years before Silent Circle.

Founded: 1886; 2011
Status: Closed 1926; Active
Headquarters: Berlin; Le Grand-Saconnex
Industry: business; business
Founders: Carl Paul Goerz; Jon Callas, Phil Zimmermann, Vincent Moscaritolo
Employees: 2,500; Not recorded
Legal form: joint-stock company; limited liability company
Website: Not recorded; silentcircle.com

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Goerz and Silent Circle.