The computer industry is notorious for the breakneck speed at which products and markets change.
New technologies can lead to multimillion-dollar companies in just a few years.
But the sad fact is that long-term successes are much rarer. Wolfram Research, founded by pioneering scientist Stephen Wolfram. More than a decade has passed since Wolfram Research first released Mathematica, the award-winning technical computing system that forever changed the kinds of calculations computer users can perform. Since the beginning, the system has been embraced by scientists, engineers, and students. Wolfram Research has turned a profit every year since Mathematica' s release in 1988.