# Anand Periasamy

> Anand Babu 'AB' Periasamy is the Co-Founder and CEO of MinIO, the world's most widely deployed open-source object storage platform with over 2 million Docker pulls per day. A serial entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu, India, he previously co-founded Gluster Inc. — the distributed file system company acquired by Red Hat for $136 million in 2011. With MinIO, he built a Kubernetes-native, Amazon S3-compatible storage engine that became foundational infrastructure for AI, machine learning, and data-lake workloads. In January 2022, MinIO closed a $103M Series B at a $1 billion valuation, cementing its unicorn status with backing from Intel Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Dell Technologies Capital, General Catalyst, and Nexus Venture Partners.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at MinIO
- **Organizations:** MinIO, Gluster Inc., Red Hat, Nexus Venture Partners, H2O.ai, Manetu Inc., Zinc Labs, Postman, Tetrate, Storj Labs
- **From:** Mettur Dam, Tamil Nadu, India
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Science and Engineering, Annamalai University
- **Known for:** Co-founded GlusterFS, one of the most widely adopted open-source distributed file systems, Led Gluster Inc. to $136M acquisition by Red Hat (2011), Co-founded MinIO - world's most deployed open-source object storage with 2M+ Docker pulls/day

## Career timeline

- **2003** — Worked at California Digital Corp on the 'Thunder' parallel supercomputer for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- **2005** — Co-founded Gluster Inc. with Hitesh Chellani; created GlusterFS open-source distributed file system
- **2011** — Red Hat acquired Gluster Inc. for $136 million
- **2011-2014** — Served as Director of Open Source and Cloud Strategy at Red Hat
- **2013** — Became Venture Advisor at Nexus Venture Partners
- **2014** — Co-founded MinIO with Garima Kapoor and Harshavardhana
- **2015** — MinIO raised $3.3M seed round from General Catalyst and Nexus Venture Partners
- **2017** — MinIO raised $20M Series A with participation from Dell Technologies Capital and Intel
- **2022** — MinIO raised $103M Series B at $1B valuation, led by Intel Capital with SoftBank Vision Fund 2

## Achievements

- Co-founded GlusterFS, one of the most widely adopted open-source distributed file systems
- Led Gluster Inc. to $136M acquisition by Red Hat (2011)
- Co-founded MinIO - world's most deployed open-source object storage with 2M+ Docker pulls/day
- Led MinIO to unicorn status ($1B valuation) with $103M Series B in January 2022
- MinIO deployed across 400,000+ instances globally on AWS, GCP, and Azure
- Raised total of $126.3M in funding for MinIO
- Recognized as one of the Top 21 Data Storage Engineers & Specialists (2026)
- Established MinIO as the de facto S3-compatible open-source storage for AI/ML workloads
- Active angel investor in multiple infrastructure startups including H2O.ai and Zinc Labs

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — MinIO featured at KubeCon North America 2025 as mature, production-ready Kubernetes-native storage solution
- **2022-01** — MinIO closed $103M Series B at $1B valuation led by Intel Capital with SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Dell Technologies Capital, General Catalyst, and Nexus Venture Partners
- **2022-04** — Made angel investment in Zinc Labs, an open-source log management platform

## Links

- Website: https://min.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abperiasamy
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/abperiasamy
- GitHub: https://github.com/abperiasamy
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/Minio.io/

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Last updated: 2026-05-27