Intuit
Intuit is an American financial software company founded in 1983 by Scott Cook and Tom Proulx. It began with the personal finance program Quicken and now offers TurboTax, Credit KarmaCredit KarmaCredit Karma is a US personal finance platform owned by Intuit. It grew from free credit scores and reports beginning in 2007 into financial-product comparisons, cash-flow and net-worth tools. It earns revenue through arrangements including referral commissions from financial partners and is not a bank.Open the full entry, QuickBooks and Mailchimp, among other products. It is headquartered in Mountain View, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a U.S. state on the Pacific coast; its capital is Sacramento and its largest city is Los Angeles. California was admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850, as the 31st state. Its population at the 2020 Census (April 1, 2020) was 39,538,223, the largest of any state.Open the full entry, and trades on NasdaqNasdaqNasdaq is an exchange operator and financial technology company headquartered in New York. It runs The Nasdaq Stock Market and other markets and provides capital markets technology, regulatory technology, and data and index services. Founded in 1971, it combined with OMX AB in 2008, and in March 2026 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved its rules for trading tokenized securities.Open the full entry as INTU. NVIDIANVIDIANVIDIA is an American semiconductor and computing technology company that provides graphics processing units, artificial intelligence infrastructure, networking interconnects, and computing software, and is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker NVDA.Open the full entry director Suzanne Nora JohnsonSuzanne Nora JohnsonSuzanne Nora Johnson is an American finance executive, a former vice chairman of Goldman Sachs and former chair of Intuit. She chairs the University of Southern California Board of Trustees, co-chairs the Brookings Institution, serves on the Pfizer board and has been an NVIDIA director since July 13, 2026.Open the full entry was long a director and chair of its board.
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Key facts
1983Starting with Quicken
Intuit’s website says that in 1983 founder Scott Cook watched his wife struggle at the kitchen table to balance the family checkbook and thought there must be a better way; harnessing the emerging personal computer, he and Tom Proulx created Quicken, and Intuit was born. The company says it grew from a startup in Scott’s garage into a global financial technology platform serving millions of consumers and small businesses.[1]
1993Entering Tax Software with ChipSoft
In 1993 Intuit spent $243 million to buy ChipSoft, enabling customers to file tax returns electronically, and later that year bought National Payment Clearinghouse, a processor of electronic transactions, for $7.6 million. TurboTax went on to become the best-selling tax software in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States is a federal country in North America made up of 50 states, the District of Columbia as the seat of government, and territories such as Puerto Rico and Guam; its capital is Washington, D.C. The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The 2020 census (April 1, 2020) counted a resident population of 331,449,281, and the 435 seats of the House of Representatives are apportioned among the states on the basis of the census.Open the full entry.[2]
2007–2025Suzanne Nora Johnson as Director and Chair
NVIDIA’s board page states that Suzanne Nora Johnson served as a director and chair of Intuit from 2007 to 2025.[3]
Today: Products and Leadership
Intuit’s website says the company serves tens of millions of customers worldwide with TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, Mailchimp and Intuit Enterprise Suite; its leadership page cites about 100 million customers worldwide, names Sasan Goodarzi as chairman and chief executive, and lists co-founder Scott Cook as a director.[4][5]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Intuit: Official website: https://www.intuit.com/ (opens in a new window).[4]
LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intuit (opens in a new window).[4]
YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry: https://www.youtube.com/user/intuit (opens in a new window).[4]