22 Facts About Vishal Sikka

Vishal Sikka was born on 1 May 1967 and is an Indian entrepreneur the founder and CEO of Vianai, former CTO of SAP AG, and former CEO of Infosys.

Vishal Sikka currently serves on Oracle's board of directors, the supervisory board of the BMW Group and as an advisor to the Stanford Institute of Human-Centered AI.

Vishal Sikka's current endeavor, Vianai, is a startup based in San Francisco that provides software services in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Previously, Sikka served as executive vice chairman, CEO, and managing director of Infosys.

Vishal Sikka left his role as executive vice chairman of Infosys on 24 August 2017 when Nandan Nilekani was appointed as the new non-executive chairman of the board.

Vishal Sikka left the SAP board in May 2014, and was announced as CEO and MD of Infosys on 12 June 2014.

Vishal Sikka was born in Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh, India to Punjabi parents - an officer in the Indian Railways and a teacher.

Vishal Sikka's family moved to Vadodara in Gujarat when he was six.

Vishal Sikka did his schooling in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Rajkot and thereafter at a Christian school named Rosary High School.

Vishal Sikka's dissertation was titled Integrating Specialized Procedures into Proof Systems and his thesis advisor was Michael Genesereth.

Vishal Sikka joined Peregrine Systems as their area vice-president following their acquisition of Bodha.

Vishal Sikka joined SAP in 2002 to head up the advanced technology group responsible for strategic innovative projects.

On 4 May 2014, Vishal Sikka announced his departure from SAP after being named leader of Infosys.

Vishal Sikka was named to Oracle's board of directors in December 2019.

Vishal Sikka resigned from Infosys as MD and CEO on 18 August 2017.

Vishal Sikka was replaced on interim basis by U B Pravin Rao on 24 August 2017.

In 2019, Vishal Sikka founded Vianai, an AI company, with $50 million in initial funding and advisors that included Indra Nooyi, John Etchemendy, Divesh Makan, Sebastian Thrun, and Alan Kay.

In 2008, Vishal Sikka joined the executive board of the CTO Forum, an industry non-profit community.

Vishal Sikka has expressed his admiration for industry visionary Alan Kay and contributed a chapter to Points of View, a tribute on Kay's 70th birthday.

Vishal Sikka served as a member of the advisory board for Coghead from 2006 to 2009 along with Steve Bourne, Guy Kawasaki and John Seely Brown.

Vishal Sikka has been an advocate for HANA, SAP's in-memory database technology.

Vishal Sikka spearheaded the development of HANA since his appointment as CTO with support from Hasso Plattner.