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Raju Vegesna, a highly respected Silicon Valley entrepreneur, moved from India to the United States to study, following which he became one of the Valley's most innovative engineers. He then leveraged his technical and market expertise to found two leading edge technology companies: ServerWorks Corporation and ServerEngines LLC.
ServerWorks began as a four-person company in 1994. Under Mr. Vegesna's visionary leadership, it quickly grew to a highly profitable powerhouse, dominating the market for Intel based PC Server Chipsets. In 2001, seven years after its formation, ServerWorks was acquired by Broadcom Corporation for approximately $1.8 billion.
After selling ServerWorks and working for Broadcom for a brief time, Mr. Vegesna founded and currently serves as Chairman and CEO of ServerEngines, LLC, a rapidly growing Silicon Valley-based company engaged in the development of innovative enterprise computing products. The company has offices in Silicon Valley, Austin (Texas) and Hyderabad (India).
Mr. Vegesna's investment company, Infinity Capital Ventures, LP, invested roughly $100 Million to acquire approximately 40% of the shares of Sify Limited, India's premier Internet, network and eCommerce Services Company in the last quarter of 2005. Initially named Chairman of the Board, Mr. Vegesna was named Managing Director and CEO of Sify in July 2006. Mr. Vegesna intends to help Sify grow to become a truly global company and a leading corporate player in the 21st century high technology world. He is particularly excited that this opportunity renews and reinvigorates his close ties with India.
Encouraged by his father, Mr. Vegesna's contact with the world of high technology began in India with an engineering degree at Bangalore University. After graduation, Mr. Vegesna moved to the United States for further education, and to seek new opportunities. While earning his master's degree in computer engineering at Wayne State University, Mr. Vegesna took a course on the Motorola 68000. Inspired, he decided to create a software simulation of the 68000 for his thesis and called a senior Motorola engineering manager for help. After showing his work to the Motorola manager, he received and accepted a job offer to write the microcode for the 68030 and the specifications for the 68040.
Mr. Vegesna's mentor at Motorola, Roger Ross, known for his ability to spot talent, invited Mr. Vegesna to be chief architect for Ross Technology Inc., a startup company that developed 32-bit Sparc processors. At Ross Technology, Mr. Vegesna was integral to the development of the first-generation HyperSparc, which Sun Microsystems Inc. chose as the CPU heart of its first multiprocessing computer. At the same time, Mr. Vegesna realized it was time for him to take the next step, to create not just technology, but a technology business. He left Ross Technology in 1994 to found ServerWorks, the first step on his path to Sify.
In addition to his business activities, Mr. Vegesna is an active philanthropist, individually and through his U.S. charitable foundation, The Raju Vegesna Foundation, and through its sister Indian charitable trust, the Raju Vegesna Foundation (India). Mr. Vegesna holds several patents and publications on Microprocessor and Multiprocessor technology and has a passion for music.
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