Dheeraj Pandey is an Indian-born American businessman and philanthropist.[1][2] He has been the chief executive officer (CEO) of DevRev, a company he co-founded with Manoj Agarwal, since 2020.[3]
Dheeraj Pandey | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dheeraj Pandey Bihar, India |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman Philanthropist |
| Spouse | Swapna Pandey |
Previously, Pandey served as the CEO of Nutanix, a company he co-founded with Ajeet Singh and Mohit Aron, from 2009 to 2020.[4]
Early life and education
editDheeraj Pandey was born in Bihar, India.[5][6] His father was a government employee, and his mother was a teacher.[7] He obtained a BS in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1997.[8][9] Later that year, he moved to the United States and earned a master's degree in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin.[8][9][10]
Pandey is married and has three children.[7]
Career
editPandey started his career with Trilogy as a software developer.[11] Later in his career, he took on various roles, such as at Oracle Corporation as senior manager for software development, where he managed the storage engine group. He later held the positions of Director and Vice-President of Engineering at Aster Data Systems, which is now Teradata.[9][5]
In 2009, Pandey, along with Ajeet Singh and Mohit Aron, co-founded Nutanix, a cloud computing company based in San Jose, California.[12][5][7] The company went public in December 2015, listing on the Nasdaq.[13][14][15] He served as Nutanix CEO until 2020, when he retired.[16][17] During his tenure, Nutanix transitioned from hardware to a software-focused firm in the hyper-converged infrastructure domain.[10][18][19]
In 2020, Pandey started a new company, co-founding a CRM company, DevRev, with Manoj Agarwal.[20][21] He now serves as the CEO of DevRev.[3]
In 2022, Pandey, along with his wife Swapna, gave a gift of $10 million to the University of Texas at Austin for the development of personalized medicine.[22]
References
edit- ^ "18 most influential 'Indians' in US tech firms - Influential Indians in US tech". The Times of India. 3 November 2020.
- ^ "IIT Kanpur alum Dheeraj Pandey's California-based company Nutanix, founded in 2009, is now valued at $2 billion". The American Bazaar. September 4, 2014.
- ^ a b Cronin, Mike (14 July 2021). "Software startup DevRev growing Austin office after raising $50M". Austin Business Journal.
- ^ Levitsky, Allison (27 August 2020). "Nutanix CEO announces retirement".
- ^ a b c Elias, Jennifer (8 June 2017). "Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey: No one ever made history on their own".
- ^ Kendall, Marisa (April 20, 2017). "The man behind 2016's biggest U.S. tech IPO shares how the deal went down". The Mercury News.
- ^ a b c Pimentel, Benjamin. "$3.4 billion cloud company Nutanix was founded in the midst of the Great Recession. Here's how its CEO plans to steer it through another crisis as coronavirus takes its toll on its business". Business Insider.
- ^ a b "Dheeraj Pandey".
- ^ a b c Alvi, Ammar (17 November 2013). "Dheeraj Pandey: The Nutanix man". The New Indian Express.
- ^ a b Haranas, Mark (August 27, 2020). "Nutanix Partners 'In Shock' After Dheeraj Pandey's Sudden Exit". CRN.
- ^ Elias, Jennifer (30 November 2017). "Nutanix CEO taps into 'paranoia' for growth, with a bit of impatience".
- ^ "Nutanix: US tech startup, founded by Dheeraj Pandey, competing with big players in cloud, data centre space". Financial Express. May 16, 2016.
- ^ "Nutanix CEO Explains Why The Hot Data Center Hardware Startup Went Public". Fortune.
- ^ Levy, Ari (April 5, 2016). "Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey forfeits $17.5M of stock before IPO". CNBC.
- ^ Bort, Julie. "Nutanix CEO gave his employees over $14 million of his stock in preparation for an IPO". Business Insider.
- ^ Haranas, Mark (August 27, 2020). "Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey Is Leaving". CRN.
- ^ "Nutanix announces CEO Dheeraj Pandey to retire". ZDnet.
- ^ Sharwood, Simon. "Nutanix CEO and co-founder Dheeraj Pandey to step down". The Register.
- ^ Gupta, Yogesh (October 11, 2017). "Cloud as a destination is demythologized: Dheeraj Pandey, Nutanix". Computerworld.
- ^ "DevRev puts its fundraising on the blockchain". Axios.
- ^ Miller, Ron (July 14, 2021). "Former Nutanix execs launch new startup with $50M seed round". TechCrunch.
- ^ "Gift of $10 Million Helps Visionary Partnership Accelerate Cancer Research". August 1, 2023.