{{infobox company | name = akamai technologies, inc. | tagline = faster forward | logo = 200px|akamai logo | image = akamaiheadquarters.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_caption = akamai headquarters in cambridge, massachusetts | type = public | traded_as = nasdaq-100 components&p 500 component | foundation = 1998 | founder = tom leightondaniel m. lewinrandall kaplanpreetish nijhawanjonathan seeligjanuary 14, 1999 - mit scientists develop new method to distribute content over world wide web. akamai.com (january 14, 1999). retrieved on august 14, 2013.  | location = 8 cambridge centercambridge, massachusetts 02142usa | key_people = george h. conrades(chairman)tom leighton(co-founder, chief scientist, ceo)december 17, 2012 - akamai announces ceo succession. akamai.com. retrieved on august 14, 2013.  | industry = internet | revenue =  | operating_income =  | net_income =  | equity =  | assets =  | num_employees = 5000 (november 2014){{cite web|url=http://www.sec.gov/archives/edgar/data/1086222/000126643212000010/akam10k123111.htm |title=2011 form 10-k, akamai technologies, inc.|publisher=u.s. securities and exchange commission |accessdate= july 23, 2012|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20130507075041/http://www
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