Mountain View

The City of Mountain View is located about 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the Cupertino headquarters of Apple Inc. in California. Mountain View is home to many technology companies, including Google, and is the location where Adobe Systems was originally founded.

Statistics
With an estimated population of 82,376 as of 2021, Mountain View is the of California.

History
The first Apple I computers were personally delivered by Steve Jobs to Paul Terrell and sold at the Byte Shop in Mountain View in 1976. Adobe Systems, an early partner of Apple Computer, was founded in Mountain View on December 19, 1982 and had its headquarters located on Charleston Road. However, Adobe co-founder Charles Geschke was kidnapped from the company parking lot on May 26, 1992 and held for ransom for 4 days before being freed by the. In a separate incident on September 5, 1992, Adobe engineer Laurie Houts was found murdered less than 2 miles from the company's offices. Adobe has since relocated to San Jose and the surrounding area in Mountain View is now home to the campus headquarters of.