ADP (company)
American human resources management software company
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) is an American multinational provider of cloud-based human resources management, payroll processing, and professional employer organization (PEO) services, headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey.
History
In 1949, Henry Taub founded Automatic Payrolls, Inc. as a manual payroll processing company with his brother Joe Taub. Future United States Senator Frank Lautenberg joined the brothers in the company's infancy. In 1954, Lautenberg, after successfully serving in sales and marketing, became a full-fledged partner with the two brothers.
In 1957 the company installed a punched card system that would facilitate automatic data processing, replacing manual input calculators. The next year the company changed its name to Automatic Data Processing. In 1961, Oppenheimer & Company, one of ADP's clients, took the company public. At that time the company had 300 clients, 125 employees, and revenues of approximately US$400,000.
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