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Success Story of SHYAM Sankar: On Monday, his data analytics company shares touched the highest level so far, making him a billionaire. Let us tell you who are these and how their total assets are?
Many billionaires started their career with zero and later became a billionaire. One such person is Shyam Shankar, who is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Palaantir Technologies. He is leading the AI revolution of Palaantir, one of the world’s most influential AI companies.
Shyam Shankar is the son of Indian migrants, who once ran a souvenir shop in Orlando and later run a dry-cleaning business which went bankrupt. Since 2006, Shankar has been working in many positions in Palaantir Technologies and now he is working as CTO and Executive Vice President. 43-year-old Shankar Palantir is the first non-founder employee who has become a billionaire.
Property of Shyam Shankar: According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Shankar’s assets became 1.3 billion USD after the shares of Palaantiir Tech reached the all -time high of 160.66 USD on Monday. With this, he has become the fifth billionaire of the company.
Shyam Shankar’s educational qualification: Shyam Shankar has done MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornel University and MS in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University. Shankar decided to join a startup, XOOM CORP by rejecting a job proposal in a consulting company and in 2006 he joined Palantir Tech.
Shyam Shankar’s family background: Shyam was born in Mumbai and in childhood he lived in Lagos, Nigeria. His father, who was born in an earthen house in Tamil Nadu, was the first person to go to college in the family. His family moved to Orlando (America) when Shyam was two years old. Shankar once told that he first ran a successful souvenir business for the theme parks and later ran a dry-clining business which became bankrupt.
