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[[File:Pluralsight Headquarters.jpg|thumb|250px|Former Pluralsight headquarters in Farmington, Utah]]

Pluralsight was founded in 2004 as a classroom training company that involved sending an instructor to a business or training event. By 2007, the company shifted its emphasis to online video training.<ref name="Perez1" />

Since 2011, the company has seen rapid growth. It has been named to the [[Inc. 5000]] list of fastest growing private companies, ranking as the #9 Top Education company and the #19 Top Utah company.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.inc.com/profile/pluralsight | title=Pluralsight - Layton, Ut | publisher=[[Inc. (magazine)|Inc.]] | access-date=2014-09-12}}</ref> In October 2017, Pluralsight was named #29 on MountainWest Capital Network's Utah 100 list.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mwcn.org/utah-100/|title=Utah 100|work=Mountain West Capital Network|access-date=2017-10-13|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2017, it ranked #20 on the [[Forbes]] Cloud 100 list.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/cloud100/list/|title=Cloud 100|work=Forbes|access-date=2017-11-06|language=en}}</ref> That same year, it appeared in Great Place To Work's 2017 Best Workplaces in the small and medium-sized company category.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatplacetowork.com/best-workplaces/smb/2017/medium-companies|title=Best Medium Workplaces 2017|website=Great Place To Work United States|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-11-06}}</ref> The following year, it ranked #9 in the category.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatplacetowork.com/best-workplaces/smb/2018|title=Best Small & Medium Workplaces 2018|website=Great Place To Work United States|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref>

In April 2018, Pluralsight filed for an [[initial public offering]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/pluralsight-confidentially-filed-for-ipo-2018-4|title=Pluralsight, an online learning startup for coders, has confidentially filed for an IPO|last=Peterson|first=Becky|date=2018-04-02|work=[[Business Insider]]|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40553035/ed-tech-unicorn-pluralsight-just-filed-confidentially-for-an-ipo|title=Ed-Tech Unicorn Pluralsight Just Filed Confidentially For An IPO|last=Harris|first=Ainsley|date=2018-04-02|website=Fast Company|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-25}}</ref> On May 17, 2018, the company opened on the [[NASDAQ]] exchange at a $15 share price, and closed its first day of trading at $20.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2018/05/17/utah-pluralsight-ipo/|title=Utah Ed Tech Leader Pluralsight Pops 33% In First-Day Trading, Keeping Window Open For Software IPOs|last=Konrad|first=Alex|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/12/14/the-7-best-performing-tech-ipos-of-2018.aspx|title=The 7 Best-Performing Tech IPOs of 2018 -|last=Duprey|first=Rich|date=2018-12-14|website=The Motley Fool|language=en|access-date=2019-04-25}}</ref>