Scribd

Scribd, Inc.
Type of businessPrivate
Available inEnglish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish
FoundedMarch 2007; 17 years ago (2007-03)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, U.S.
Founder(s)Trip Adler
Jared Friedman
Tikhon Bernstam
CEOTony Grimminck
ServicesSocial reading and publishing platform
SubsidiariesSlideShare
Everand
URLwww.scribd.com

Scribd Inc. (pronounced /ˈskrɪbd/) is a digital content subscription service providing access to a large collection of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, podcasts, and other written and spoken content. The company operates three main platforms Everand, Scribd and SlideShare.[1][2][3]

The company was founded in 2007 by Trip Adler, Jared Friedman, and Tikhon Bernstam, and headquartered in San Francisco, California. Tony Grimminck took over as CEO in 2024.

  1. ^ Metz, Cade (October 1, 2013). "Scribd Challenges Amazon and Apple With 'Netflix for Books'". Wired. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  2. ^ Orin, Andy (June 11, 2014). "Behind the App: The Story of Scribd". Lifehacker. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  3. ^ Schnuer, Jenna (November 8, 2013). "We Test It: Scribd's All-You-Can Read Digital Buffet". Entrepreneur. Retrieved September 3, 2017.