Sanjiv Sidhu
| Sanjiv Sidhu | |
|---|---|
 Sidhu circa 2015 | |
| Born |
June, 1957 Hyderabad, India |
Sanjiv Sidhu (born June 1957, in Hyderabad, India) is a software entrepreneur known for founding i2 Technologies, a supply chain management software company, and o9 Solutions, a Dallas, Texas based company which offers a decision management platform for multinational corporations.[1]
Biography
Education
In 1980 Sidhu graduated from Osmania University, Hyderabad, earning a bachelor of science degree in Chemical Engineering. He then moved to the United States and attended Oklahoma State University, earning a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering in 1982. Sidhu also did graduate work in systems and control engineering at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Career
Prior to starting o9, Sidhu founded and served as chairman of i2 Technologies, a supply chain management company.
i2 Technologies went public in 1996, and at his peak Sidhu's personal stake in i2 hit a high of $6.5 billion; Forbes listed him as the 109th richest person in the world in 2001.[2] At that point he was considered the richest person of Indian origin in the world. In 2000 Sidhu was awarded the Non-Resident Indian of the Year by the Indian government.
References
- What's the Big Idea?: Creating and Capitalizing on the Best Management Thinking By Thomas H. Davenport, Laurence Prusak, H.
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