Sridhar Vembu

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Sridhar Vembu
Born1968 (age 55–56)
CEO of Zoho Corporation[1]
SpousePramila Srinivasan
RelativesRadha Vembu (sister)
Honours

Sridhar Vembu (born 1968) is an Indian billionaire business magnate and the founder and CEO of Zoho Corporation.[2] According to Forbes, he is the 55th richest person in India with a net worth of $3.75 billion, as of 2021.[3] He was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shri, in 2021.[4][5]

Early life

Vembu was born in 1968 in a middle class

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 1989, and earned his MS and PhD degrees from Princeton University in New Jersey.[6]

Career

Vembu launched his professional career working for

San Diego, California, before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area. He has lived in San Jose and Pleasanton.[6]

In 1996, Vembu, along with two of his brothers, founded a software development house for

bootstrapped by Vembu and his co-founder Tony Thomas to avoid external influence.[12]

Social entrepreneurship

Sridhar Vembu is noted[

Bay Area to Mathalamparai at this time.[14]

In 2004, he set up Zoho Schools[clarification needed] to provide vocational software development education to rural students as an alternative to formal university education.[15] A statement from the company states that 15 to 20 per cent of its engineers have no college degree, but have received vocational education from Zoho Schools.[6] In 2020, he announced a "rural school startup" focused on free primary education.[14][8]

Political views

A former Zoho product marketing manager resigned in October 2018 after a dispute with Vembu over the employee's post on the company's intranet discussion forum.[16] The employee stated that Vembu was hostile to him for criticising the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist paramilitary organisation.[17][18]

In January 2020, Vembu met with criticism after he attended, as the guest of honour, a high-profile event organised by the RSS.[19][20][21] Vembu defended his participation as a matter of his personal choice.[22][23][24]

Honours

Vembu was awarded the 2019

National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) of India in 2021 [28][29]

References

  1. ^ Waters, Cara (19 April 2019). "Barefoot billionaire: Sridhar Vembu built a tech giant you've never heard of". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ a b c Waters, Cara (19 April 2019). "Barefoot Billionaire: Sridhar Vembu Built a Tech Giant You've Never Heard Of". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Forbes India Rich List 2020 - Forbes India Magazine". Forbes India. Retrieved 28 December 2020.>
  4. ^ "PIB Press Release: This Year's Padma Awards announced". Pib.nic.in. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Shinzo Abe, Tarun Gogoi, Ram Vilas Paswan among Padma Award winners: Complete list". The Times of India. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Cover Story: Sridhar Vembu's Vision From The Village". Forbes India. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  7. ^ Rajasimhan, T. E. "Made in India, Taking on the World". @businessline. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  8. ^ a b "This Silicon Valley Star Worth $2.5 Bn Is Moving Back To His TN Village To Teach Kids For Free". IndiaTimes. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  9. ^ "54-yr-old who left Silicon Valley for TN village looks to nurture local talent". Hindustan Times. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Sridhar Vembu & Siblings". Forbes. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Zoho's Sridhar Vembu appointed to Doval-led National Security Advisory Board". The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Oleg Lights interviews billionaire bootstrapper Sridhar Vembu". Let's Bootstrap. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  13. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  14. ^ a b "Silicon Valley Star is Now Teacher in Tamil Nadu". The Indian Express. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  15. ^ "For Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu, community and company go hand-in-hand". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  16. ^ Vaitheesvaran, Bharani. "My views, my events: Zoho Chief Vembu asserts after tweet rage over RSS event". The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  17. ^ Madhok, Diksha. "How to talk about Modi with your boss". Quartz. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  18. ^ Diksha Madhok, qz com. "Not safe for work: In polarised India, should you talk politics with your colleagues?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  19. ^ Lormen, Abigale (9 January 2020). "Accenture India MD backs out of attending RSS event in Chennai". Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  20. ^ Quint, The (7 January 2020). "#BoycottZoho Trends After CEO Accepts Invite to RSS Event". The Quint. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  21. ^ Chennai, PTI (8 January 2020). "Accenture boss clears RSS air". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  22. ^ Bhalla, Kritti (7 January 2020). "Zoho CEO Defends Attending RSS Event Amid Twitter Outrage". Inc42. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  23. ^ Singh, Upneet (7 January 2020). "Zoho CEO defends proposed attendance at Indian right wing organisation event amid severe backlash". The Tech Portal. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  24. ^ Koshi, Luke (6 January 2020). "Zoho CEO slammed for being guest at RSS event, he retorts that he works as per conscience". The News Minute. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  25. ^ "Sridhar Vembu". www.ey.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  26. ^ "Zoho founder among Padma awardees". @businessline. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  27. ^ "CNN News18 Indian of The Year 2022: Zoho Co-Founders Sridhar Vembu and Tony Thomas Win "Start-ups" Award". News18. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  28. ^ "Zoho's Sridhar Vembu Appointed To National Security Advisory Board". 3 February 2021.
  29. ^ "Zoho's Sridhar Vembu appointed to Doval-led National Security Advisory Board" – via The Economic Times.
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