Genie is an American company founded in 1966 when Bud Bushnell bought the manufacturing rights to a material lift that operated on compressed air. With growing demand for material lifts and mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs), products such as man-lifts, stick booms, articulated booms, scissor lifts and telehandlers have been added to the Genie® product line.

Genie equipment is used in a variety of industries, including rental, aviation, construction, entertainment, government and military, industrial, as well as warehouse and retail. Nowadays, Genie has become the largest and most reliable manufacturer of MEWPs in the world.