What is SAP?


SAP is a multinational software vendor headquartered in Walldorf, Germany. SAP stands for "System Analyse und Programmentwicklung" which are the German words for System Analysis and Program Development. SAP was founded in 1972 by Dietmar Hopp, Klaus Tschira, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, and Claus Wellenreuther in Germany. Today SAP has 112.000 employees and generated a yearly revenue of over 30 billion Euro in 2022.