Rosetta Stone Inc.

Rosetta Stone Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustrySoftware development
PredecessorFairfield Language Technologies
Founded1992; 32 years ago (1992) in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
John Hass (CEO)
Tom Pierno (CFO)
ProductsRosetta Stone Language Learning, Rosetta Stone Kids Reading, Fit Brains, Lexia Learning, Tell Me More
RevenueDecrease $264.6 million (2013)
Decrease $18.4 million (2013)
Decrease $16.1 million (2013)
Total assetsIncrease $290.8 million (2013)
Total equityDecrease $131.2 million (2013)
OwnerNews Corporation
(1992-2006)
ABS Capital Partners and Norwest Equity Partners
(2006-2020)
Cambium Learning Group
(2020-2021)
IXL Learning
(2021-present)
Number of employees
1,375 (2014)
Websitewww.rosettastone.com

Rosetta Stone Inc. is an American education technology software company that develops language, literacy and brain-fitness software. Best known for its language-learning products, in 2013, the company expanded beyond language into education-technology with its acquisitions of Livemocha, Lexia Learning, Fit Brains, and Tell Me More.[1] In 2021, it became a subsidiary of IXL Learning.[2]

  1. ^ "Rosetta Stone to buy Vivity Labs, maker of Fit Brains - Washington Business Journal". Archived from the original on 2014-03-18.
  2. ^ "Rosetta Stone sells again fewer than six months after deal with Dallas company closed". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 31 August 2021.