| Vivek Ranadivé | |
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| Born | October 7, 1957 Mumbai, India |
| Occupation | Chairman, CEO and Founder, TIBCO Software |
| Children | Three children |
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| TIBCO Software, Inc. Official Vivek Ranadive bio | |
Vivek Ranadivé (b. 1957, Mumbai, India) is the Chairman, CEO and Founder of TIBCO Software, the computer software technology company he founded in 1997 with the vision of bringing real-time technology into the mainstream. The Palo Alto company now employs 2,000 and has annual revenue of more than $700 million.
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Ranadivé's New York Times business bestseller, "The Power of Now: How Winning Companies Sense and Respond to Change Using Real-time Technology" has been widely used in academia and has been the subject of numerous interviews. His subsequent book, "The Power to Predict" (2006), shows the impact of predictive business on mainstream companies and reveals how companies can break new ground in their quest to anticipate customers' needs, create new opportunities, and predict and sidestep unwelcome surprises.
Ranadivé grew up in Juhu area of Mumbai and was the youngest of three children.[1] One of Ranadivé's earliest dreams was to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which he learned of through a documentary film on the institution. Described as "a true visionary in a valley full of seers," by the August 10, 2004 issue of Information Age, left Mumbai at age 17 with enough money to last two months.
In 1975 Ranadivé entered MIT and in four years, he completed a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's in mechanical engineering. He received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1983 and was a Baker Scholar.[2]
TIBCO's origins begin with a company called Teknekron Software Systems, Inc. (TSS). While at Teknekron, Ranadivé developed The Information Bus, which integrated and delivered market data—like stock quotes and other financial information—for banks and other financial service institutions. Prior to founding TIBCO, Mr. Ranadivé was president and founder of a UNIX consulting company. Previously, he held management and engineering positions with Ford Motor Company, M/A-Com Linkabit, and Fortune Systems.
Ranadive grew up in Juhu area of Mumbai and was the youngest of three children. He has three children of his own.[3] He enjoys playing golf, tennis, biking and hiking. Ranadive coached his daughter’s basketball team. His passion for the team was documented by Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker.[4]
In November, 2010, Mr. Ranadivé purchased a small stake in the Golden State Warriors.
1999 The Power of Now, with foreword by Scott McNealy, published by McGraw-Hill
2006 The Power to Predict, with foreword by Frederick W. Smith, published by McGraw-Hill
2011 "2 Second Advantage", co-author:Kevin Maney, published by Crown Business