# Manish Sood

> Manish Sood is the founder, CEO and chairman of Reltio, the cloud data management company he started in 2011 with personal savings. A mechanical engineering graduate of Andhra University, he previously worked on data management at Siperian and Informatica. SAP completed its acquisition of Reltio in May 2026. Sood co-authored Agentic Intelligence: Strategy at the Speed of Data with Venkat Venkatraman, published in September 2026.

- **Role:** Founder, CEO and Chairman at Reltio, an SAP company
- **Organizations:** Reltio, SAP, Siperian, Informatica, Naviant
- **From:** Delhi, India
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Andhra University College of Engineering
- **Known for:** Founded Reltio and developed a cloud-native SaaS approach to master data management., Led a company that reached an approximately $1.7 billion financing valuation in 2021., Built Reltio through its acquisition by SAP, completed May 7, 2026.

## Career timeline

- **1995** — Graduated in mechanical engineering; early work included power-plant automation in India.
- **2002** — Joined Siperian, working on enterprise master data management; subsequently held product management and strategy roles.
- **2010** — Worked in product strategy at Informatica following its acquisition of Siperian.
- **2011** — Founded Reltio, initially financed with his personal savings.
- **2015** — Reltio publicly announced a $10 million Series A; Sood recalls closing the financing across late 2014 and early 2015.
- **2020** — Moved from CEO to CTO, founder and chairman as Chris Hylen became CEO.
- **2021** — Reltio raised $120 million at an approximately $1.7 billion valuation.
- **2022** — Returned to the CEO role in August.
- **2026** — SAP completed its acquisition of Reltio on May 7; Agentic Intelligence, co-authored with Venkat Venkatraman, was published on September 15.

## Achievements

- Founded Reltio and developed a cloud-native SaaS approach to master data management.
- Led a company that reached an approximately $1.7 billion financing valuation in 2021.
- Built Reltio through its acquisition by SAP, completed May 7, 2026.
- Co-authored Agentic Intelligence: Strategy at the Speed of Data with Venkat Venkatraman.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Forbes Books published Agentic Intelligence: Strategy at the Speed of Data, co-authored by Sood and Venkat Venkatraman, on September 15.
- **2026-08** — Discussed enterprise data, AI strategy and Reltio’s future with SAP in an August 12 Cloud Wars interview.
- **2026-05** — SAP completed its acquisition of Reltio on May 7.
- **2026-03** — SAP announced its agreement to acquire Reltio on March 27; transaction terms were not disclosed.

## Links

- Website: https://www.reltio.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manishsood/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/msoodx
- GitHub: https://github.com/manishsood
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manish.sood.921

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