MandrakeSoft is a software company, and creator of Mandrake Linux. Describing itself as a "project initiator and a skills organizer in the Open Source arena", MandrakeSoft is also founding member of the Desktop Linux Consortium.
MandrakeSoft was created in 1998, and has offices in the USA and France. The management team consists of:
- Jacques Le Marois, Chairman, Co-founder
- François Bancilhon, Chief Executive Officer
- Frédéric Bastok, Marketing, Co-founder
- Thierry Bossut, Administration & Finance
- Gaël Duval, Communication, Co-founder, Creator of Mandrake Linux
- Margaret Waples, Americas