Sekhar Puli

Sekhar Puli is an Indian-American executive, philanthropist and politician. Puli is the former CEO of REAN Cloud. Puli is the chairman of JanaSena party and the founder of Asha-Jyothi Foundation.

Career and education

Puli is a graduate of George Mason University. Puli founded REAN Cloud, an IT service management company, in 2013, alongside Sri Vasireddy. In July 2018, Hitachi Vantara announced their plans to acquire REAN Cloud for an undisclosed sum.[1] The acquisition was completed October 2018.[2]

In February 2019, Puli announced that he was leaving REAN Cloud to join JanaSena party as chairman.[3] In September 2020, AgroWave announced a funding round from Puli worth $500,000.[4] Puli currently serves as a managing director for Ernst & Young.

Philanthropy

Puli is the founder and director of Asha-Jyothi Foundation, a non-profit organization based in VA. In 2019, Puli made a $2 million donation from his family trust to construct an Innovation Lab for Fairfax High School.[5][6]

References
  1. Terry, Robert. "Hitachi subsidiary plans to acquire REAN Cloud". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  2. "Hitachi Completes REAN Cloud Acquisition". www.hitachivantara.com. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  3. "NRI joins Jana Sena". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  4. Agarwal, Reshab (2020-09-29). "Agritech startup AgroWave raises $500K from US investors". TechStory. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  5. 02/28/19. "Fairfax High School Opens New Innovation Lab -". THE Journal. Retrieved 2020-12-06.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. "Sekhar Puli donated $2 million to Asha-Jyothi".

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