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About Us
Iron Mountain
We help organizations solve evolving information management challenges. Our teams provide a strategy for your needs with an approach for reducing costs and risks.

Historical Milestones


1951   

Iron Mountain Atomic Storage Corporation is established by Herman Knaust

 

1975

Iron Mountain, the present company, purchases the underground mine and the nearby, larger underground site from Knaust

 

1978

Iron Mountain purchases nearby above-ground record center and begins developing high-density storage systems

 

1980

Company expands to New England with the purchase of a third underground facility

 

Becomes a founding member of Professional Records and Information Services Management (PRISM), formerly ACRC

 

1981

C. Richard Reese joins the Company as president and CEO

 

1986

Company establishes corporate headquarters in Boston and purchases New England Storage Warehouse

 

Becomes dominant records management company in the Northeast

 

1988

Iron Mountain becomes a national company with the acquisition of Bell & Howell Records Management Company

 

1991

Iron Mountain introduces customers to SafeKeeper, its proprietary records inventory management system

 

1994

Company launches Records Management Consulting Services

 

1995

Richard Reese is named chairman of the board

 

1996

Iron Mountain begins trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol IMTN

 

1997

Iron Mountain becomes the leading software escrow company in the world with the acquisition of Data Securities International, Inc. (DSI)

 

Enters the Health Information Management services market with the acquisition of Record Masters (HIMSCorp.)

 

1998

Iron Mountain becomes the leading off-site data protection company in the U.S. with the acquisition of Arcus Data Security, Inc. (renamed Off-Site Data Protection in 2001)

 

1999

Company establishes its first international presence through acquisition of British Data Management (BDM) in the UK

 

Enters the Mexican market with the acquisition of SAC Mexico

 

Moves to the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol IRM

 

2000

Iron Mountain enters Latin America through the acquisition of Storage, S.A. in Argentina

 

Merges with Pierce Leahy Archives, the second largest records management company, making Iron Mountain the only company to provide a full line of records and information management services throughout the Western Hemisphere and in Europe

 

Establishes Iron Mountain Confidential Destruction division (later renamed Information Destruction)

 

2001

Company launches two key technology solutions for information protection and storage: Electronic Vaulting services for online backup and recovery and Digital Archives for electronic records management

 

2002

The Boston Business Journal names Iron Mountain "Company of the Year"

 

2003

Iron Mountain debuts on the FORTUNE 1000 list at #887

 

Ernst & Young names CEO Richard Reese "N.E. Entrepreneur of the Year"

 

Significantly increases its presence throughout Europe by acquiring the Information Management Services unit of Hays PLC

 

2004

Expands its Intellectual Property Management services by acquiring domain name management firm Arcemus®

 

Expands Secure Shredding services in Canada through the acquisition of Ontario-based franchiser Proshred Security International Inc.

 

Forms the Iron Mountain Digital business unit, following the acquisition of Connected Corporation, a leader in online backup and distributed data protection

 

Company appoints Bob Brennan as President of North America

 

2005

Enters the Pacific Rim with the acquisition of the Australian and New Zealand operations of Pickfords Records Management ("PRM")

 

Bob Brennan is promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer

 

Acquires LiveVault Corporation, a leading provider of disk-based online server backup and recovery solutions, further extending the Company's technology portfolio

 

2006

Iron Mountain expands Government Services Organization; opens new government-focused business unit headquarters in Dulles, Va.

 

Acquires DigiGuard, a leading provider of data protection services in Australia and New Zealand

 

Boston Leader Summit honors Richard Reese with  Visionary Leadership award

 

2007

Debuts in Forbes magazine's "Top 400 Best Big Companies"

 

Extends records management portfolio with acquisition of Accutrac Software, Inc.

 

Acquires Stratify, Inc., augmenting its suite of eDiscovery services

 

2008

Bob Brennan is elected president and CEO and Richard Reese becomes executive chairman of the board 

 

Security magazine names Iron Mountain to its annual ranking of the nation's most secure companies, the Security 500 

 

2009

Joins the S&P 500 Index

 

2010

Iron Mountain acquires Mimosa Systems

 

Company issues first ever quarterly dividend payment to shareholders and initiates stock repurchase program

 

InfoWorld names Iron Mountain to its "Green 15" list of the world’s most eco-friendly IT projects

 

2011

Iron Mountain completes sale of digital business unit to Autonomy Corporation

 

Announces three-year strategic plan for its business, committing to return $2.2 billion to Iron Mountain shareholders by 2013

 

Richard Reese resumes CEO role for Iron Mountain

 

2012

Iron Mountain appoints William Meaney president and CEO

 

Board approves plan to pursue conversion to a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)

 

Adds fist solar panels atop select storage facilities

 

2013

Iron Mountain appoints Alfred J. Verrechia as Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

Richard Reese retires from Iron Mountain and its Board of Directors after 31 years

 

Added to FTSE4Good Index for meeting globally recognized standards for corporate responsibility

 

Iron Mountain ranks #712 on the FORTUNE 1000 list

 
60 Year Anniversary
60 Years of Information Management

Take a look back at the events that shaped our company and our industry.

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Fast Facts

Founded
1951

Services:
Records Storage and Information Management
Data Backup and Recovery
Secure Information Destruction

Markets Served:
32 countries

Employees:
17,000+

Customer Accounts:
156,000

Facilities Worldwide:
1,026

Revenue:
2012 - $3.0 Billion

Ticker Symbol:
NYSE: IRM

FORTUNE 1000 Rank:
#712