Portrait of Sekar Vembu

Rank #2656

Sekar Vembu

Net worth $1.5B

Business software · India

Born
Jan 01, 1972
Age
54
Source
Business software
Residence
Chennai
Citizenship
India
Marital status
Children
0
Education
Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)

Net worth over time

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.
  • 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.