Sanju Bansal

Sanju K. Bansal
Born	Patiala, India
Education	B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) & M.S. in Computer Science from The Johns Hopkins University
Occupation	Co-Founder, Vice Chairman of the Board, and Executive Vice President of MicroStrategy
Years active	1990–2013
Board member of	CSRA, The Advisory Board Company, Clarabridge, EverQuote, Vestmark, Verato

Sanju K. Bansal is an American businessman, Indian born, and the co-founder of MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), a worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms for business intelligence (BI), mobile software, big data and cloud-based services. He served as the company's vice chairman of the board of directors and executive vice president till November 14, 2013. From 1993-2012, he served as chief operating officer of MicroStrategy. Bansal serves or has served as a member of the board of directors of CSRA (: CSRA), a technology services provider to the US government, Cvent (NYSE: CVT), a cloud-based event management software provider, and The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO), a technology research services company.

Bansal was born in Patiala, India and emigrated with his parents to the United States when he was two years old. The family settled in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC. He attended Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia where he was a valedictorian.

His father, Ved Bansal, came to the United States in 1959 with $1. His father's work ethic and emphasis on math and science in childhood has been cited as the foundation for his later education and career.

Bansal received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from MIT and a Master of Science in computer science from The Johns Hopkins University.

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