[4] The company was founded in 2007 by Ajay Mishra and Suresh Batchu and was headquartered in Mountain View, California.

[5] MobileIron was an early pioneer in mobile security and management for smartphones and tablet computers, such as iPhone, iPad, Android, and earlier mobile devices such as Symbian and Windows Phone.

[6] It had its initial public offering (IPO) in 2014 on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol MOBL.

[7] After its share price fell from $9 at the time of the IPO to below $4 in early 2016, the company's founding CEO Bob Tinker was replaced by Barry Mainz as CEO, but remained on the company's board of directors.

[10][11][5][12] As of 2016, MobileIron's principal competitors include Microsoft's Enterprise Mobility Suite.