Who is the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Databricks?

Ion Stoica is the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Databricks, as of August 2026. Ion reports to Board of directors.

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Ion Stoica Co-founder and Executive Chair, Databricks

Ion Stoica is a co-founder of Databricks and serves as its executive chair. He is a Romanian-American computer scientist specialising in distributed systems, cloud computing and computer networking, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley and a co-director of the AMPLab where Apache Spark was built. Beyond Databricks he co-founded Conviva with other researchers, and Anyscale with the original developers of the Ray distributed computing framework. He was chief executive officer of Databricks before Ali Ghodsi took the role in 2016.

Reports toBoard of directors
Contact••••@databricks.com (reveal in Sheets with Derrick)

Career history

  • Co-founder and Executive Chair, Databricks Inc.to present
  • Chief Executive Officer, Databricks Inc.2013 to 2016
  • Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeleyto present
  • Co-founder, Anyscale2019
  • Co-founder, Conviva2006

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FAQ

Who is Ion Stoica?
Ion Stoica is the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Databricks (as of August 2026). You can see their background and career history above.
What is Ion Stoica's background?
Ion Stoica is a co-founder of Databricks and serves as its executive chair. He is a Romanian-American computer scientist specialising in distributed systems, cloud computing and computer networking, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley and a co-director of the AMPLab where Apache Spark was built. Beyond Databricks he co-founded Conviva with other researchers, and Anyscale with the original developers of the Ray distributed computing framework. He was chief executive officer of Databricks before Ali Ghodsi took the role in 2016.
How can I contact Ion Stoica at Databricks?
You can find and verify Ion Stoica's professional email and direct phone number with Derrick, straight from Google Sheets. Databricks's addresses generally follow the first.last@databricks.com pattern, but that individual address is not verified here, so confirm it before reaching out.
Who does Ion Stoica report to?
Ion Stoica reports to Board of directors. See the full org chart on the Databricks executives page.

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