Sanjit Biswas (born 1982) is an American

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, computer scientist who is the co-founder and

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(CEO) of Samsara, a publicly traded Internet of Things company headquartered in San Francisco, California that provides software for physical operations. Previously, Biswas was co-founder and CEO of Meraki, Inc (now

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), a cloud-managed networking company now part of Cisco Systems.

Early life and education

Biswas was born in 1982 and attended Lynbrook High School in

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, graduating in 1998. He earned a

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in engineering degree from

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and a

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degree from

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Career

Biswas originally co-led MIT’s

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project, an experimental network for wireless research. The project became the basis for Meraki's wireless networking products. After co-founding Meraki in 2006 with John Bicket, whom he met while both were graduate students at MIT, Biswas led the company as CEO. In 2007, he was named to the

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as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35. In 2012, Cisco acquired Meraki for $1.2 billion. Under his leadership, Cisco Meraki grew over 100%. Biswas co-founded Samsara in 2015, also with John Bicket, to focus on

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for the physical operations industry. In December 2021, Samsara publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “IOT”. Samsara sold 35 million shares in its initial public offering to raise $805 million at a valuation of $11.5 billion. In Q4 2023, Samsara surpassed $1 billion in

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(ARR).

Personal life

Biswas is married to Hope Biswas, an infectious disease epidemiologist. In 2024, Biswas and his wife announced The Biswas Family Foundation.

References

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