Romesh T Wadhwani was born on 1947 and is an Indian-American billionaire, businessman and head of investment firm SAIGroup.
15 Facts About Romesh Wadhwani
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Romesh Wadhwani is the former chairman and CEO of Symphony Technology Group, a private equity firm for software, Internet and technology services companies.
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Romesh Wadhwani established the Wadhwani Foundation for economic development in emerging economies, with an initial focus on India.
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Romesh T Wadhwani was born in a Sindhi Hindu family in Karachi, Pakistan, 10 days after India and Pakistan gained Independence from Britain in August 1947.
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Romesh Wadhwani contracted polio at age 2 and had difficulty getting admission to school.
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Romesh Wadhwani received a bachelor's degree from the IIT Bombay, and master's and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
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For ten years, Wadhwani was the founder, chairman, and CEO of two companies, one specializing in software and solutions for computer-integrated manufacturing and the other in technology-enabled energy management.
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Romesh Wadhwani was then the founder, chairman, and CEO of Aspect Development, Inc.
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Romesh Wadhwani is the executive chairman of Symphony Teleca Corporation, MSC Software Inc.
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Together with his brother, Sunil Romesh Wadhwani, he has founded Romesh Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Mumbai to develop artificial intelligence solutions for public good.
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Romesh Wadhwani has invested $1 billion in predictive and generative AI SaaS company SymphonyAI.
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Romesh Wadhwani established the Wadhwani Foundation for economic development in emerging economies in 2000, with an initial focus on India.
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Romesh Wadhwani won the India Abroad Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2013.
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Romesh Wadhwani is married to Kathleen "Kathy" Wadhwani, and they live in Palo Alto, California.
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Romesh Wadhwani was awarded an honorary doctorate by the IIT Bombay in August 2018.