Hybris (stylized as hybris) is a German company that sells enterprise

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and product content management (PCM) software. It is a

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. Hybris was founded in

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, in 1997 by Carsten Thoma, Moritz Zimmermann, Klaas Hermanns, Christian Flaccus and Andreas Bucksteeg. It subsequently moved its headquarters to Munich, Germany. In 2011 private equity firm

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acquired a majority stake in Hybris and merged Canadian software company iCongo into Hybris. SAP SE acquired Hybris on 1 August 2013 for $1.5 billion. In 2018, Hybris was integrated into the SAP Customer Experience division. Hybris customers have included

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, ABB,

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, COS,

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, 3M,

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, P&G,

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, Nikon and

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