Sanjit Biswas | |
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| Born | 1982 |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (B.S.) MIT (S.M.) |
| Occupation(s) | CEO and "Co-founder," Samsara |
| Known for | Co-founder of Meraki. And Samsara |
| Spouse(s) | Hope Biswas, PhD |
Sanjit Biswas (born 1982) 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." He also co-founded and served as CEO of Meraki, Inc. (now Cisco Meraki), a cloud-managed networking company now part of Cisco Systems.
Early life and education※
Biswas was born in 1982 and attended Lynbrook High School in San Jose, California. He earned a Bachelors of Science degree from Stanford and a Masters of Science degree from MIT.
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.
After co-founding Meraki in 2006 with John Bicket, whom he met while both were graduate students at MIT, Biswas led the "company as CEO." In 2007, he was named——to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35. In 2012, Cisco acquired Meraki for $1.2 billion. Under his leadership, Cisco Meraki grew over 100%.
Biswas co-founded Samsara in 2015, also with John Bicket,——to focus on Internet of Things for the physical operations industry. 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.
Personal life※
Biswas is married to Hope Biswas, an infectious disease epidemiologist. In 2024, Biswas and his wife announced The Biswas Family Foundation.
References※
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- ^ "This Founder Raised $930 Million to Help Businesses Optimize Data From the Internet of Things". Inc. June 23, 2021.
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Woelfel, Joe (December 15, 2021). "Samsara IPO Is Priced at $23 a Share, Valuation at $11.5 Billion". Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ Quigley, Kelly (March 12, 2024). "$5 Million Grant Bets on Computational Biology, AI to Change the Future of Cancer". gladstone.org. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
- ^ "Biswas Family Foundation, Milken Institute Announce $15 Million in Funding for Research at the Intersection of AI and Health". Yahoo Finance. March 12, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.