# Raghu Yarlagadda

> Raghu Yarlagadda is the co-founder and CEO of FalconX, an institutional digital asset prime brokerage founded with Prabhakar Reddy in 2018. An electrical engineer and Harvard MBA, he previously held roles at Motorola Mobility, MIC Electronics, Google’s Chrome OS team and eightfold.ai. He also co-founded Sarada Educational Institutions in Vijayawada and serves as its chief technology officer.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at FalconX
- **Organizations:** FalconX, Sarada Educational Institutions, Google, eightfold.ai, Motorola Mobility, MIC Electronics, Dramatize, Fyndo, JoyUp
- **Education:** B.Tech. in Electronics and Communications Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Exchange student, Queensland University of Technology, M.S. in Electrical Engineering; signal processing and machine learning, The University of Texas at Dallas, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Helped scale the Chromebook business to more than $3 billion in revenue for Google and its partners., Co-founded FalconX, which reached an $8 billion funding valuation in June 2022., Received Goldman Sachs Builders and Innovators recognition in 2022 and 2023.

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Completed an electrical engineering master’s degree at UT Dallas.
- **2008-2012** — Worked at Motorola Mobility, including on high-definition video over IP technology.
- **2012-2013** — Served as general manager at MIC Electronics.
- **2014** — Completed Harvard MBA and joined Google as a Chrome OS lead product manager.
- **2014** — Co-founded Sarada Educational Institutions; serves as CTO.
- **2017** — Left Google and became product lead at eightfold.ai.
- **2018** — Co-founded FalconX with Prabhakar Reddy.
- **2022** — FalconX announced $150 million Series D at an $8 billion valuation in June; disclosed FTX exposure in December.
- **2025** — Recognized with a UT Dallas Distinguished Alumni Award.
- **2026** — FalconX acquired bloXroute in July and announced an Ethena lending facility in August.

## Achievements

- Helped scale the Chromebook business to more than $3 billion in revenue for Google and its partners.
- Co-founded FalconX, which reached an $8 billion funding valuation in June 2022.
- Received Goldman Sachs Builders and Innovators recognition in 2022 and 2023.
- Named among The Financial Technology Report’s Top 25 Cryptocurrency Executives for 2022.
- Received a UT Dallas Distinguished Alumni Award in 2025.
- Co-founded Sarada Educational Institutions in Vijayawada.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — FalconX announced a $1 billion secured lending facility through an SPV with Ethena to support overcollateralized institutional loans.
- **2026-07** — FalconX acquired bloXroute to add blockchain networking and trading technology as it expands across traditional and digital assets.
- **2026-01** — Published a Davos 2026 recap on LinkedIn.

## Links

- Website: https://www.falconx.io/about-us/ceo
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raghuy
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/2Ragu

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Last updated: 2026-10-27