Vivek Ranadive

Entrepreneur

Birthday October 7, 1957

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace India

Age 67 years old

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About

Indian entrepreneur who founded TIBCO Software, Inc., as well as an earlier company called Teknekron Software Systems that helped bring Wall Street into the digital age.

Before Fame

He studied electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and subsequently received an MBA degree from Harvard University.

Trivia

In 2013, he purchased a large percentage of the Sacramento Kings basketball team.

Family Life

He and his two siblings were raised in Mumbai (then Bombay), India. He later settled in the United States with his three children.

Associated With

Journalist Malcolm Gladwell wrote a New Yorker piece about Ranadive's success in coaching a middle school girls' basketball team all the way to the national championship game.