Sridhar Ramaswamy

Sridhar Ramaswamy (born 1967) is an Indian-American computer scientist and executive. He has been the chief executive officer of cloud-based data-warehousing company Snowflake Inc. since February 2024. He was the cofounder and CEO of the startup company Neeva, an ad-free, privacy-focused search engine, until it was acquired by Snowflake.

Early life and education Ramaswamy was born in 1967 in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. He received a bachelor's degree in computer science from IIT Madras. He immigrated to the United States in 1989 and received a master's degree and PhD in computer science from Brown University. In 2013, he was promoted to senior vice president of advertising and commerce at Google.

Ramaswamy left Google in 2018 to become a partner at venture capitalist firm Greylock Partners. In 2019, he created Neeva as an alternative to Google Search, after becoming disillusioned with the limitations of the ad-supported search model. Instead of ads, Ramaswamy planned a subscription-based model for Neeva. Neeva was acquired by Snowflake Inc. in 2023. In February 2024, Ramaswamy succeeded Frank Slootman as Snowflake's CEO.

Personal life Ramaswamy lives in Cupertino, California, with his wife and two sons.