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Sekar Vembu

India 54 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Business software
Industry
Technology
Residence
Chennai
Education
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) (Bachelor of Technology)

Biography

Sekar Vembu get his wealth from his holding in privately held Zoho, which offers business software on the cloud.

He cofounded AdventNet, the precursor to Zoho, along with his two brothers as well as three other friends.

In 2002, he set up Vembu Technologies in Chennai, which offers data backup and disaster recovery solutions to small and medium firms.

His brother Sridhar, who was the face of the company, stepped down as CEO in February 2025 taking on a role as a chief scientist for company

His sister Radha Vembu is the largest shareholder in Zoho and also a billionaire.

About

Zoho is setting up a new campus which an house 2,000 people in the tier 3 city of Kumbakkonam in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu

Zoho is headquartered in Austin, Texas and Chennai, India.

Younger brother Mani is now Zoho's CEO.