Sridhar Ramaswamy, IIT Madras alumnus, named CEO of knowledge cloud agency Snowflake. Who is he?

Indian-origin laptop scientist Sridhar Ramaswamy might be taking on as the brand new chief government officer (CEO) of Snowflake, the US-based knowledge cloud firm has introduced. With this, Ramaswamy has turn into the newest Indian-origin CEO of a world agency.

“I am honoured and beyond excited as we start a new phase of the Snowflake journey together. Snowflake is a once-in-a-generation company and a truly special place. I love our customer-first obsession to deliver a tightly integrated and efficient platform. I am excited by the expansiveness of our vision around a true Data Cloud: where data and applications come together for our customers and our developer partners.” he stated in a submit on LinkedIn.

“And I can’t wait to show customers the massive business value we can deliver together with AI,” he added.

As Snowflake’s chief government, Ramaswamy succeeds Frank Slootman, the CEO since April 2019 who has now determined to retire from the submit however will proceed to function the Chairman of the Board. The former, whose appointment is efficient instantly, additionally will get a seat on the Board of Directors.

Who is Sridhar Ramaswamy?

(1.) He was born in Tamil Nadu in 1967 and attended IIT Madras, graduating with a bachelor’s diploma in laptop science. In 1989, he immigrated to the United States.

(2.) In 2019, he co-founded Neeva, an ad-free, privacy-focused search engine. Snowflake acquired Neeva in 2023, leading to Ramaswamy becoming a member of his current employer.

(3.) At the time of his elevation as CEO, Ramaswamy was serving because the Senior Vice President of AI on the Bozeman, Montana-headquartered agency.

(4.) His earlier employers embody Google (April 2003-October 2018), Greylock Partners (October 2018-February 2024), amongst others.

(5.) At Google, he led the entire tech big’s Advertising merchandise, which included search, show and video promoting, analytics, procuring, funds, and journey. Incidentally, Google additionally has an Indian-origin CEO, Sundar Pichai, who assumed the position in October 2015.