Who owns Proton VPN?

Proton VPN is a service provided by Proton AG(نافذة جديدة), a company based in Switzerland. The primary shareholder of Proton AG is the Proton Foundation, a Swiss nonprofit established to ensure the company must act in the best interest of the Proton community in perpetuity. Learn about the Proton Foundation(نافذة جديدة).

Proton employees own the vast majority of shares not held by the foundation. Remaining shares are held by the Fondation Genevoise pour l’Innovation Technologique (FONGIT)(نافذة جديدة), a nonprofit foundation established for the public good, and by Proton users. Proton benefits from support from Innosuisse (the Swiss Federal Innovation Agency) and the European Commission, but neither organization holds any shares nor exercises any control.

Proton was founded in 2014 by a team of scientists who met at CERN(نافذة جديدة) (the European Center for Nuclear Research) and created Proton Mail, the world’s largest encrypted email service(نافذة جديدة).

You can learn more about Proton and why you can trust Proton VPN here.