Vivek Ranadivé

Board Member at UC Davis

Vivek Ranadivé is an entrepreneur, tech visionary, author, philanthropist, and sports team owner recognized for his outside-the-box thinking. He has led the advancement and use of real-time technology in business operations and decision-making, earning him the nickname "Mr. Real Time" in technology circles. Mr. Ranadivé is dedicated to the vision that if you get the right information to the right place at the right time and in the right context, you can make the world a better place.

In 1986, Mr. Ranadivé founded Teknekron Software Systems, which focused on creating the stock trading floor of the future. Teknekron went on to automate Wall Street and that technology became the engine for most of the world's capital markets. In 1997, he founded TIBCO Software Inc. in Palo Alto, California with the mission of bringing real-time computing into the mainstream.