Romesh Wadhwani is an Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He founded three successful Silicon Valley companies over three decades, the last of which was sold for over $9 billion. He now focuses his efforts on entrepreneurship development through his organization, the Wadhwani Foundations. The Foundations' initiatives like the National Entrepreneurship Network provide skills and resources to help students and entrepreneurs in India start and grow high-growth companies. Through his work, Wadhwani believes entrepreneurship is key to job creation in emerging economies.

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Romesh Wadhwani
Founder & Chairman, Wadhwani Foundations
“The economic greatness of a country is fueled by the strength and
vitality of its entrepreneurs…”
Dr. Romesh Wadhwani has been Founder, Chairman and CEO of three
companies in Silicon Valley, spending ten years at each one before either going
public or selling them. His third company, Aspect development, was sold to i2
Technologies in what was then the largest merger in software history. His
latest venture, Symphony Technology Group, is a leading technology investor
in the software universe. He has also been a director on the boards of several
other companies and organizations.
Education
Wadhwani received his Bachelor of Science degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and
his MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Career
Romesh is a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist with passion for wealth creation.
After building three large scale successful companies in three decades, the last of which was sold for over
$9 billion. Romesh founded the Wadhwani Foundations in the year 2000 to which he has committed to
donate most of his wealth. Romesh envisions high impact social change in emerging economies through
sustained economic acceleration. He is a member of the Gates Buffet Giving Pledge.
Romesh is also the Founding Chairman and CEO of Symphony Technology Group, a 12 year old PE firm
comprising of 23 companies, with a combined revenue of USD 3.5 billion and 18,000 employees. In August
2012, Romesh was appointed by U.S President Barack Obama as General Trustee, Board of Trustees of the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC, a key administration post. Romesh is
also a Board Member of Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC.
Focused on entrepreneurship development
Passionate about advancing entrepreneurship, Romesh believes that the most effective way for countries to
create jobs is to create entrepreneurs who start high-growth companies. It was, in fact, this conviction that
led him to start the Foundations first and longest-running initiative, the National Entrepreneurship
Network (NEN), in 2003. Today, NEN impacts more than 70,000 graduate-students and 6,000
entrepreneurs across the country, annually, by providing them the knowledge, skills and networks they
need to start and scale high-growth companies. NEN is now poised to take its proven model of advancing
entrepreneurship to other emerging economies. Alongside NEN, Romesh and his Foundations are working
closely with the Indian government to ease the regulatory and policy environment for young businesses in
the country, and strengthen the grant-making environment for innovative startups. Additionally, the
Foundations other initiatives are geared to help entrepreneurs find skilled and employable professionals
they need to grow their companies.
Awards & Recognition
Romesh is proud recipient of the prestigious ‘Non Resident Philanthropist’ award at the Forbes India
Philanthropy Awards 2013 and also features in Forbes 400 list.