Romesh T. Wadhwani

Romesh T. Wadhwani (#767)

Global Rank #767

Country Rank #290

Country United States

The ability to achieve without family background, ethnicity or social status being barriers in the way. To me, that's my definition of the American dream.

$ 6 B
Software
United States
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78 Years

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Quick Facts

Global Rank #767

Country Rank #290

Net Worth $5.5B

Previous Worth $5.5B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country United States

Industry Software

Age 78 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence Palo Alto, California

Citizenship United States

World Billionaires List United States Billionaires Software

Profile Data

Personal Stats

Age 78

Source Of Wealth Software, Self Made

Self Made Score 8

Philanthropy Score 2

Residence Palo Alto, California

Citizenship United States

Marital Status Married

Children 1

Education Doctorate, Carnegie Mellon University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; Master of Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $5.5B

Current Net Worth $5.5B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Romesh Wadhwani is chairman of Symphony AI, an enterprise AI firm with operations in retail, financial services and manufacturing that he founded in 2017. He stepped down as CEO of SymphonyAI at the start of 2022. He is also chairman of ConcertAI, an AI company focused on healthcare and life sciences that was valued at $1.9 billion by venture capital investors in 2022. Wadhwani first became a billionaire in 2000 after i2 Technologies acquired Aspect Development, a software firm he founded, for $9.3 billion in stock. Raised in India, Wadhwani first studied at the Indian Institute of Technology, then got a PhD in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1972.

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Forbes List Highlights

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#762

Billionaires (2026)

#276

Forbes 400 (2025)

#83

Richest In Tech (2017)

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Born in present day Pakistan, Wadhwani was only a few days old when his parents fled to India as the British Indian Empire underwent partition.

He and his brother, Sunil, founded the Wadhwani Institute of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Mumbai in 2018, committing over $30 million in support.

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Current Net Worth: $5.5B (May 4, 2026)