Who is the CEO of Databricks?

Ali Ghodsi is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Databricks, as of August 2026. Chief executive officer since 2016, co-founder since 2013.

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Ali Ghodsi Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Databricks Chief executive officer since 2016, co-founder since 2013

Ali Ghodsi is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Databricks. He is an Iranian-Swedish-American computer scientist and entrepreneur specialising in distributed systems, big data and data management, and he is also an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He co-authored several influential systems papers, including the work behind Apache Mesos and Apache Spark SQL, and he was one of the seven Berkeley AMPLab researchers who incorporated Databricks in 2013 around Apache Spark. He took over as chief executive officer in 2016 and has led the company through its expansion from an Apache Spark service into a full data and AI platform used by more than 20,000 organisations.

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Career history

  • Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Databricks Inc.2016 to present
  • Co-founder and VP of Engineering, Databricks Inc.2013 to 2016
  • Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeleyto present

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Who is Ali Ghodsi?
Ali Ghodsi is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Databricks (as of August 2026). Chief executive officer since 2016, co-founder since 2013. You can see their background and career history above.
What is Ali Ghodsi's background?
Ali Ghodsi is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Databricks. He is an Iranian-Swedish-American computer scientist and entrepreneur specialising in distributed systems, big data and data management, and he is also an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He co-authored several influential systems papers, including the work behind Apache Mesos and Apache Spark SQL, and he was one of the seven Berkeley AMPLab researchers who incorporated Databricks in 2013 around Apache Spark. He took over as chief executive officer in 2016 and has led the company through its expansion from an Apache Spark service into a full data and AI platform used by more than 20,000 organisations.
How can I contact Ali Ghodsi at Databricks?
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