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    Ali Ghodsi

    Co-founder and CEO, Databricks

    Co-founder and CEO, Databricks · Adjunct professor, UC Berkeley

    Background

    Ali Ghodsi is co-founder and CEO of Databricks.

    He is also an adjunct professor at UC Berkeley and holds a PhD from KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

    About Databricks

    Databricks: Databricks is an American data software company based in San Francisco. Founded in 2013, it offers cloud-based data analytics that can run on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

    Key facts

    Co-founded Databricks
    2013source
    Became chief executive
    2016source
    Doctorate
    PhD in distributed computing, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2006source
    Academic appointment
    Adjunct professor, UC Berkeleysource
    Recognition
    Named to TIME100 AI 2026source

    WYDE coverage of Ali Ghodsi

    WYDE Newsroom has published one article about Ali Ghodsi, on Aug 15, 2026. Ali Ghodsi is a named leader in 1 story. The most recent is Databricks Raises $5 Billion at a $190 Billion Valuation After Investors Offered $15 Billion.

    Reported alongside Ali Ghodsi

    Sources

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