Ali Ghodsi

Ali Ghodsi (#761)

Global Rank #761

Country Rank #13

Country Sweden

I grew up in a war. If you're seeing people die on the streets as a kid, you know anything can change at any given time.

$ 6 B
Data analytics
Sweden
M
47 Years

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Quick Facts

Global Rank #761

Country Rank #13

Net Worth $5.5B

Previous Worth $5.5B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country Sweden

Industry Data analytics

Age 47 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence San Francisco, California

Citizenship Sweden

World Billionaires List Sweden Billionaires Data analytics

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Personal Stats

Age 47

Source Of Wealth Data analytics, Self Made

Residence San Francisco, California

Citizenship Sweden

Marital Status Married

Education Master of Science in Engineering, Mid Sweden University; Ph.D, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Master of Business Administration, Mid Sweden 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

Ali Ghodsi is cofounder and CEO of software startup Databricks, which private investors valued at $134 billion in February. After a career in academia, Ghodsi cofounded Databricks with six UC Berkeley academics who built the popular analytics engine Apache Spark. Databricks is built on top of Spark and uses AI to power, in Ghodsi's words, a "data lakehouse" that helps companies store and utilize their data. Ghodsi was tapped to lead Databricks in 2016 amid company struggles to generate revenue; initially, he had joined in 2013 as a part-time engineer. The first-time CEO orchestrated a turnaround after revamping Databricks' leadership and product offerings.

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#762

Billionaires (2026)

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Ghodsi is a Swedish citizen, who arrived in the country as a child after his family was forced to flee Iran during the 1979 Revolution.

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