NETGEAR, Inc. provides Internet connected products to consumers, businesses, and service providers. It operates through the Connected Home and NETGEAR for Business segments. The Connected Home segment focuses on consumers and giving premium WiFi networking solutions. The NETGEAR for Business segment is involved in businesses and offers solutions for business networking, wireless local area network (“LAN”), audio and video over Ethernet for Pro AV applications. The company was founded by Patrick C. S. Lo and Mark G. Merrill on January 8, 1996, and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.