# Tarun Thakur

> Tarun Thakur is the co-founder, CEO and chairman of Veza, the identity security company acquired by ServiceNow in March 2026. Previously he co-founded Datos IO, acquired by Rubrik in 2018, and worked in enterprise infrastructure at IBM Research, Symantec and Data Domain. His work centers on making data protection and access permissions understandable and manageable for enterprises.

- **Role:** Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman at Veza; GVP & GM, Cybersecurity, Identity Security, Risk at ServiceNow
- **Organizations:** Veza, ServiceNow, Datos IO, Rubrik, IBM Research, Symantec, Data Domain
- **Education:** MBA, Strategy and Marketing, Duke University, BS, Punjab Engineering College, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- **Known for:** Co-founded Datos IO, acquired by Rubrik in February 2018., Co-founded Veza in 2020; ServiceNow completed its acquisition in March 2026., Veza announced $235 million in total equity financing by April 2025.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2014** — Worked at IBM Research, Symantec and Data Domain in enterprise infrastructure and product roles.
- **2014** — Co-founded Datos IO with Prasenjit Sarkar; True Ventures invested that year.
- **2018** — Rubrik acquired Datos IO on February 6; Thakur became GM of Rubrik Datos IO.
- **2019** — Datos IO platform became Rubrik Mosaic; wrote about acquisition integration and leadership.
- **2020** — Co-founded Veza with Maohua Lu and Rob Whitcher.
- **2022** — Accel publicly announced its investment in Veza on April 27.
- **2025** — Veza announced a $108 million Series D at an $808 million valuation, bringing total equity raised to $235 million.
- **2026** — ServiceNow completed its acquisition of Veza on March 2; Thakur took a GVP and GM role at ServiceNow.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Datos IO, acquired by Rubrik in February 2018.
- Co-founded Veza in 2020; ServiceNow completed its acquisition in March 2026.
- Veza announced $235 million in total equity financing by April 2025.
- Published biographies credit Thakur with more than 20 patents in distributed systems, security and storage architecture.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Veza’s LinkedIn feed reported his session, “Shift Zero: Redefining Security When Threat Actors Never Stop,” at the ET CISO Annual Conclave in Goa.
- **2026-03** — Published his March 2 announcement that ServiceNow had completed its acquisition of Veza, outlining plans for an enterprise agent identity control plane.
- **2025-06** — Discussed go-to-market, co-founder trust and leadership coaching with Accel’s Eric Wolford on Spotlight On.
- **2025-04** — Veza announced a $108 million Series D led by NEA.

## Links

- Website: https://veza.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarunthakur/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/thakurtarun

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Last updated: 2026-10-09