Sridhar Ramaswamy is the new CEO of Snowflake, have a look at his wife, salary and education
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Snowflake, the leading US-based data cloud company, has announced the appointment of Sridhar Ramaswamy, of Indian origin, as its new Chief Executive Officer and a key addition to the Board of Directors.
This change in leadership comes about as a result of outgoing CEO Frank Slootman’s choice to step down from his operational position while still holding the position of Chairman of the Board.
Who is Sridhar Ramaswamy new Snowflake CEO, biography, family, wife, education, salary and net worth
Ramaswamy expressed his appreciation for the outstanding groundwork that Slootman and the hardworking team had created over the previous 12 years, which had cemented Snowflake’s standing as a leading cloud data platform.
Formerly serving as Snowflake’s Senior Vice President of AI, Sridhar Ramaswamy hopes to lead the firm into a new phase of expansion by highlighting the critical role that AI plays in generating significant commercial value.
Having joined Snowflake in May 2023 through the acquisition of Neeva, renowned as the world’s first private AI-powered search engine, Ramaswamy has played a pivotal role in shaping Snowflake’s AI strategy.
Slootman reaffirmed her faith in Sridhar Ramaswamy, saying that no one is more qualified to lead Snowflake into the next stage of development. Knowing Ramaswamy to be a forward-thinking technologist with a solid track record, Slootman is excited to work with him in this new leadership role.
Since then, Ramaswamy has become the talk of the town, with many people trying to learn more about him. So, let’s find out everything about him:
Who is Sridhar Ramaswamy?
Sridhar Ramaswamy is a renowned Indian-American computer scientist and executive. He has been in the news because he was recently appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Snowflake.
In 1967, he was born in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Following his schooling, he studied at IIT Madras, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computer science. In 1989, Ramaswamy immigrated to the USA, where he continued his studies. At Brown University, he first did his master’s in computer science and then his Ph.D. in computer science.
Sridhar Ramaswamy is married and has two sons. With his family, he is currently living in Cupertino, California.
He is currently 56 years old.
$SNOW Snowflake Q4 FY24:
Frank Slootman (65) is retiring.
New CEO: Sridhar Ramaswamy.• Customers +22% Y/Y to 9,437.
• Customers > $1M +39% Y/Y to 461.
• NRR 131% (-4pp Q/Q).
• Revenue +32% Y/Y to $775M ($14M beat).
• Non-GAAP EPS $0.35 ($0.17 beat).
• FY25 Product… pic.twitter.com/S3q05IgOlF— App Economy Insights (@EconomyApp) February 28, 2024
His career
Following graduation, Sridhar Ramaswamy led database analytics research at Bell Labs and went on to hold important roles at Bell Communications Research and Lucent Technologies.
He was hired by Google in 2003, where he began as a mid-level developer on the back-end architecture of AdWords. After ascending through the ranks for fifteen years, he was appointed senior vice president of advertising and commerce at Google in 2013.
Sridhar Ramaswamy left Google in 2018 to work for Greylock Partners, and in 2019, he founded Neeva, a subscription-based search engine that replaces ads. Snowflake Inc. purchased Neeva in 2023 after it was introduced in the United States in 2021 and became global in 2022.
Ramaswamy took over as CEO of Snowflake in February 2024, replacing Frank Slootman.
Prior to joining Snowflake, Ramaswamy co-founded Neeva in 2019 and previously, Ramaswamy led all of Google’s Advertising products, which included search, display and video advertising, analytics, shopping, payments, and travel.
During his 15 years at Google, he was an integral part of the growth of AdWords and Google’s advertising business from $1.5 billion to over $100 billion but his salary and net worth isn’t known.
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