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I'm asking you guys since I can't find relevant info. Google says that the parent company of Stack Exchange Network is Prosus. Wikipedia says that Prosus only owns Stack Overflow. This is confusing. Someone please clear me out. Thanks!

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    Welcome to Meta SE. FYI, note that, regarding Prosus' purchase, Catija's comment states ""Stack Overflow" is the publicly-used name of the company - the entire company was purchased, not only stackoverflow.com".
    – John Omielan
    Commented Oct 27, 2022 at 22:23
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    Stack Overflow is the name the company does business under and stack exchange inc is the name of the company legally. Think how Indiana Jones and Henry Jones Jr are the same person 😁
    – Journeyman Geek Mod
    Commented Oct 27, 2022 at 23:36
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    Oh, thanks John Omieland and Journeyman Geek. I hope Prosus or Naspers won't touch the current model of our beloved network.
    – JD-9
    Commented Oct 28, 2022 at 8:13
  • So far they've been alright.
    – Journeyman Geek Mod
    Commented Oct 29, 2022 at 14:55

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Well, take a seat. A comfy one.

Back in the old days, the company was called Stack Overflow Internet Services, Inc. (They could not call themselves "Stack Overflow, Inc." because another company with that name already existed.)

Then it was renamed Stack Exchange, Inc., but since the Stack Overflow brand was deemed more marketable, they later switched to doing business as Stack Overflow (while still retaining the same legal name).

Prosus bought over Stack Exchange, Inc. as a whole. The relationship between Stack Overflow (the company) and Stack Exchange, Inc. is the same as Indiana Jones and Henry Jones, Jr. or Batman and Bruce Wayne. They're the same entity under different names.

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