Vivek Ranadive is a wealthy Indian businessman and philanthropist with a net worth of $700 million.
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He graduated from MIT in four years, earning both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. After receiving an MBA from Harvard, he went on to work for Ford, M/A-Com Linkabit, Fortune Systems, and his own company.
In 1985, Vivek became the founder and CEO of Teknekron Software Systems. He pioneered and developed the concept of the “software bus,” later known as “The Information Bus,” or TIB, and is credited with digitising Wall Street in the 1980s.
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In 1997, he founded TIBCO Software Inc., a multibillion-dollar real-time computing company. He is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
In 2010, Ranadivé became the co-owner and vice chairman of the Golden State Warriors, making him the first person of Indian descent to co-own an NBA franchise
Vivek Ranadive, along with Ron Burkle and Mark Mastrov, is the owner of the Sacramento Kings in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He is also a member of Nielsen Holdings N.V.’s Board of Directors and The Nielsen Company B.V.’s Supervisory Board.


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