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    Ali Ghodsi

    Co-founder and CEO, Databricks

    Co-founder and CEO, Databricks · Adjunct professor, UC Berkeley

    Background

    Ali Ghodsi is co-founder and CEO of Databricks.

    He is also an adjunct professor at UC Berkeley and holds a PhD from KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

    Key facts

    Co-founded Databricks
    2013source
    Became chief executive
    2016source
    Doctorate
    PhD in distributed computing, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2006source
    Academic appointment
    Adjunct professor, UC Berkeleysource
    Recognition
    Named to TIME100 AI 2026source

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    Sources

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