SAP founders: Klaus Tschira, Hasso Plattner, Dietmar Hopp, Hans-Werner Hector (from left to right)

SAP founders at the Annual Shareholder Meeting: Dietmar Hopp, Hans-Werner Hector, Klaus Tschira, Hasso Plattner (from left to right)

SAP founders: Klaus Tschira, Hasso Plattner, Dietmar Hopp (from left to right)

Hasso Plattner 1988 - SAP listed at the German Stock Exchanges in Frankfurt and Stuttgart

SAP founders: Klaus Tschira, Hans-Werner Hector, Dietmar Hopp, Hasso Plattner (from left to right)

A compilation of historical photo material, displaying milestones from four decades of the exciting SAP success story (.zip-file, 117 MB)

1972 – 1987: The Founders, employees, first products

1988 – 2002: Initial public offering in Germany and at the NYSE, the success of R/3, construction activities, locations worldwide

2002 – 2012: New technologies, Mobility, In-Memory, Cloud, Co-CEOs Jim Hagemann Snabe and Bill McDermott, Executive Board Members Vishal Sikka...

Punch cards

Punch cards

1989 - an SAP office

1983 - an SAP office