# Sridhar Ramaswamy

> Sridhar Ramaswamy is Snowflake’s CEO and a former Google advertising executive. He co-founded Neeva with Vivek Raghunathan in 2019 to build ad-free, subscription-supported search. After Neeva ended its consumer service and was acquired by Snowflake in 2023, he led Snowflake’s AI work before becoming chief executive in February 2024.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Snowflake
- **Organizations:** Snowflake, Neeva (co-founder; acquired in 2023), Google (former executive), Greylock Partners (former venture partner), Brown University (trustee), Bell Labs (former researcher), Lucent Technologies (former researcher), Bell Communications Research (former researcher), E.piphany (former engineering leader)
- **From:** Tiruchirappalli, India
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** B.Tech., Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, M.S., Computer Science, Brown University, Ph.D., Computer Science, Brown University
- **Known for:** Helped develop and lead Google’s advertising business during its growth from approximately $1.5 billion to more than $100 billion in revenue., Co-founded Neeva and built ad-free search; its technology and team were acquired by Snowflake in 2023., Led the launch of Snowflake Cortex before becoming CEO.

## Career timeline

- **1989** — Graduated from IIT Madras; moved to the United States.
- **1995** — Earned a computer science Ph.D. from Brown University.
- **Before 2003** — Held research positions at Bell Labs, Lucent and Bellcore and engineering leadership roles at E.piphany.
- **2003** — Joined Google as an engineer.
- **2013** — Became Google’s SVP of Ads & Commerce.
- **2018** — Left Google and joined Greylock as a venture partner.
- **2019** — Co-founded Neeva with Vivek Raghunathan.
- **2021** — Neeva launched consumer search in the United States.
- **2023-01** — NeevaAI launched in the US.
- **2023-05** — Neeva announced the end of consumer search; Snowflake announced the acquisition.
- **2024-02** — Succeeded Frank Slootman as Snowflake CEO.
- **2025-01** — Snowflake launched its One Million Minds + One Platform education initiative.
- **2026-08** — Published his argument for AI intelligence efficiency and dynamic model routing.

## Achievements

- Helped develop and lead Google’s advertising business during its growth from approximately $1.5 billion to more than $100 billion in revenue.
- Co-founded Neeva and built ad-free search; its technology and team were acquired by Snowflake in 2023.
- Led the launch of Snowflake Cortex before becoming CEO.
- Brown University trustee, 2021-27 term.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Authored “Intelligence Efficiency: More Model Choice, Smarter Routing,” discussing dynamic model routing and the economics of enterprise AI.
- **2026-09** — Appeared on CNBC to discuss Snowflake results and AI adoption.

## Links

- Website: https://www.snowflake.com/en/blog/authors/sridhar-ramaswamy/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sridhar-ramaswamy
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/RamaswmySridhar

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