Romesh T. Wadhwani
Founder and Chairman, Symphony Technology Group
$4.99B
as of 10/04/24
About Romesh T. Wadhwani
Romesh Wadhwani is chairman of Symphony AI, an enterprise AI firm with operations in retail, financial services and manufacturing that he founded in 2017.
He stepped down as CEO of SymphonyAI at the start of 2022.
He is also chairman of ConcertAI, an AI company focused on healthcare and life sciences that was valued at $1.9 billion by venture capital investors in early 2022.
Wadhwani first became a billionaire in 2000 after i2 Technologies acquired Aspect Development, a software firm he founded, for $9.3 billion in stock.
Raised in India, Wadhwani first studied at the Indian Institute of Technology, then got a PhD in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1972.
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United States of AmericaSource of wealth
SoftwareResidence
Palo Alto, CaliforniaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
08/25/47 (age 77)Number of children
1Education
Doctorate, Carnegie Mellon University; Master of Science, Carnegie Mellon University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Indian Institute of Technology, BombaySelf-made
self-madeRomesh T. Wadhwani’s fortune is worth
83K
troy ounces of gold
77K
median U.S. household
50K
median U.S. income
0.1%
U.S. credit card volume
0.02%
GDP of the United States
0.015%
United States debt
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He and his brother, Sunil, founded the Wadhwani Institute of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Mumbai in 2018, committing over $30 million in support.
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