Sanjit Biswas

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Sanjit Biswas
Alma materStanford University (B.S.)
MIT (S.M.)
Occupation(s)CEO and Co-founder, Samsara

Sanjit Biswas (1981 or 1982 (age 41–42)) is an American entrepreneur, computer scientist, and the CEO and co-founder of Samsara, a publicly traded Internet of Things company headquartered in San Francisco, California that provides software for physical operations.[1] He also co-founded and served as CEO of Meraki, Inc. (now Cisco Meraki), a cloud-managed networking company now part of Cisco Systems.[2]

Early life and education

Biswas earned a Bachelors of Science degree from Stanford and a Masters of Science degree from MIT.[3]

Career

Biswas originally co-led MIT’s Roofnet project, an experimental network for wireless research. The project became the basis for Meraki's wireless networking products.[4]

After co-founding Meraki in 2006 with John Bicket, Biswas led the company as CEO.

TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35.[7] In 2012, Cisco acquired Meraki for $1.2 billion.[8] Under his leadership, Cisco Meraki grew over 100%.[9]

Biswas co-founded Samsara in 2015, also with John Bicket, to focus on

Internet of Things for the physical operations industry.[10][11] In December 2021, Samsara publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “IOT”. Samsara sold 35 million shares in its initial public offering to raise $805 million at a valuation of $11.5 billion.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Samsara Raising Money at $6 Billion Valuation". The Wall Street Journal. September 9, 2019.
  2. ^ "This Founder Raised $930 Million to Help Businesses Optimize Data From the Internet of Things". Inc. June 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "#2524 Sanjit Biswas". Forbes. October 27, 2021.
  4. ^ Stross, Randall (February 4, 2007). "Wireless Internet for All, Without the Towers". The New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  5. ^ Chernova, Yuliya (September 9, 2019). "Samsara Raising Money at $6 Billion Valuation". WSJ. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  6. ^ Konrad, Alex (May 19, 2015). "Why Meraki's Founders Think Their New Startup Can Reshape Sensors Like They Did Switches". Forbes. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  7. Technology Review
    . 2007. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  8. ^ Constine, Josh (November 18, 2012). "Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash". TechCrunch. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  9. ^ "The Top 50 SaaS CEOs of 2022". October 19, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  10. ^ O'Donnell, Lindsey (June 21, 2017). "IoT Startup Samsara, Led By Meraki Founders, Focuses On Channel After A $40M Funding Round". www.crn.com. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  11. ^ du Preez, Derek (December 2, 2022). "Samsara delivers strong growth and its momentum continues in digitizing the world of physical operations". diginomica.com. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  12. ^ Woelfel, Joe (December 15, 2021). "Samsara IPO Is Priced at $23 a Share, Valuation at $11.5 Billion". Retrieved March 21, 2024.
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