Sridhar Vembu
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Sridhar Vembu is the founder and CEO of ZOHO Corporation
(formally AdventNet Inc.). ZOHO Corporation are the makers of the online Zoho Office Suite
as well as several business applications.
Vembu holds a PhD. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University. He has been in the news not only for creating one of the first online (Cloud Computing) office suites as a company, but also for the unique staffing practices of ZOHO which hires economically disadvantaged high school graduates and puts them through two years of education with a strong focus on engineering / software. Such "Zoho University" graduates now make up 10% of their workforce. Despite increasing growth and market presence, Vembu has stated that he wants ZOHO to stay independent.
A commentary featured by Forbes in 2008 on Vembu focuses on the boot-strapped model which he stuck to while building Adventnet. Reportedly, the adherence to this model had no ill effects on its performance and profitability. Also high-lighted is his decision to remain independent in spite of aggressive bidding by Marc Benioff
, CEO of enterprise cloud computing company, Salesforce.com
.
ZOHO Corporation
ZOHO Corporation founded in 1996, is located in Pleasanton, California, United States of America. The company started as a network framework provider for telecom equipment vendors. In 2003, ZOHO Corp diversified into IT Management software with ManageEngine...
(formally AdventNet Inc.). ZOHO Corporation are the makers of the online Zoho Office Suite
Zoho Office Suite
The Zoho Office Suite is a Web-based online office suite containing word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, note-taking, wikis, customer relationship management , project management, invoicing and other applications developed by ZOHO Corporation , a US-based company. It was...
as well as several business applications.
Vembu holds a PhD. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University. He has been in the news not only for creating one of the first online (Cloud Computing) office suites as a company, but also for the unique staffing practices of ZOHO which hires economically disadvantaged high school graduates and puts them through two years of education with a strong focus on engineering / software. Such "Zoho University" graduates now make up 10% of their workforce. Despite increasing growth and market presence, Vembu has stated that he wants ZOHO to stay independent.
A commentary featured by Forbes in 2008 on Vembu focuses on the boot-strapped model which he stuck to while building Adventnet. Reportedly, the adherence to this model had no ill effects on its performance and profitability. Also high-lighted is his decision to remain independent in spite of aggressive bidding by Marc Benioff
Marc Benioff
Marc Russell Benioff is Chairman & CEO of salesforce.com, a cloud computing company.Benioff started salesforce.com in March 1999 in a rented San Francisco apartment and defined its mission as The End of Software...
, CEO of enterprise cloud computing company, Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is an enterprise cloud computing company headquartered in San Francisco that distributes business software on a subscription basis. Salesforce.com hosts the applications off-site...
.