Who is the Co-Founder of Snowflake?

Thierry Cruanes is the Co-Founder of Snowflake, as of August 2026. Thierry reports to Sridhar Ramaswamy.

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Thierry Cruanes Co-Founder, Snowflake

Thierry Cruanes is a co-founder of Snowflake, which he started in 2012 with Benoit Dageville and Marcin Zukowski. He spent 13 years at Oracle working on the optimization and parallelization layers of the Oracle database, including a period leading the optimization group, and that work on query optimization shaped the execution engine behind Snowflake's platform. He has previously held the chief technology officer role at the company.

Reports toSridhar Ramaswamy
Contact••••@snowflake.com (reveal in Sheets with Derrick)

Career history

  • Co-Founder, Snowflake Inc.2012 to present
  • Lead, Optimization Group, Oracle Corporationbefore 2012

Other leaders at Snowflake

  • SRSridhar RamaswamySridhar RamaswamyChief Executive Officerdetails →
  • BRBrian RobinsChief Financial Officerdetails →
  • SMS. MuralidharChief Technology Officerdetails →
  • DPDenise PerssonChief Marketing Officerdetails →
  • BDBenoit DagevilleCo-Founder and Strategic Advisordetails →
  • JBJon BeaulierChief Revenue Officerdetails →
  • CKChristian KleinermanExecutive Vice President, Productdetails →
  • VRVivek RaghunathanSenior Vice President of Engineeringdetails →
  • AGArnnon GeshuriChief People Officerdetails →
  • MBMike BlandinaChief Information Officerdetails →
  • MUMayank UpadhyayChief Security and Trust Officerdetails →
  • SLStella LowChief Communications Officerdetails →
  • JTJeff TrueGeneral Counseldetails →
  • JBJeremy BurtonGeneral Manager, Observability Business Unitdetails →
  • AMAnn Marie LavigneHead of Strategic Initiatives and Government Affairsdetails →
  • FSFrank SlootmanFrank SlootmanChairman of the Boarddetails →

FAQ

Who is Thierry Cruanes?
Thierry Cruanes is the Co-Founder of Snowflake (as of August 2026). You can see their background and career history above.
What is Thierry Cruanes's background?
Thierry Cruanes is a co-founder of Snowflake, which he started in 2012 with Benoit Dageville and Marcin Zukowski. He spent 13 years at Oracle working on the optimization and parallelization layers of the Oracle database, including a period leading the optimization group, and that work on query optimization shaped the execution engine behind Snowflake's platform. He has previously held the chief technology officer role at the company.
How can I contact Thierry Cruanes at Snowflake?
You can find and verify Thierry Cruanes's professional email and direct phone number with Derrick, straight from Google Sheets. Snowflake's addresses generally follow the first.last@snowflake.com pattern, but that individual address is not verified here, so confirm it before reaching out.
Who does Thierry Cruanes report to?
Thierry Cruanes reports to Sridhar Ramaswamy. See the full org chart on the Snowflake executives page.

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